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YAWS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

Synonyms:

frambesia; framboesia; yaws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("yaws" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb yaw

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