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Definition of: yaws
(yôz) noun plural
(also construed as sing.) A contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) and superficially resembling syphilis in first appearing as a skin eruption. Also called frambesia. [<Cariban yáya]
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