yaws

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːz
• Homophone: yours (some non-rhotic accents)

Uncertain.

yaws (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.

   Synonyms: frambesia, parangi, pian

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16:

     Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.

Inflected forms.

yaws

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yaw

yaws

1. plural of yaw

• -ways, Sway, sway, ways