Definition of yaws in English:

yaws

plural noun jɔːzjɔz

treated as singular A contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers.
The bacterium is the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue
Also called framboesia
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the most common was mercury, which had been used by the Arabs for centuries to treat leprosy and yaws.
- WHO also played a major coordinating role in controlling yaws in the late 1940s and onchocerciasis, leprosy, and polio in the past three decades.
- Bush yaws is an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions in places such as the nose, mouth and ears.
- In addition, endemic diseases, such as yaws, and epidemic diseases, such as measles and smallpox, may have increased the incidence of stillbirths and miscarriages.
- Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws.
- He worried obsessively about syphilis, which the yaws somewhat resembled; he pored over medical books underscoring lists of symptoms.
- My favourite physician-turned-leader was, of course, Francois Duvalier, the legendary Papa Doc, a practising physician who as a country doctor tried to rid Haiti of the yaws.
- Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge.
- And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication.
- If someone is suffering from yaws or trachoma, of course in your own small way you will try to help.
- Writing about the ‘depopulation of primitive communities’ through ‘the introduction of new diseases,’ for example, Hutton claimed that the wearing of European clothes by Nagas led to ‘lung diseases… dysentery, itch and yaws.’

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from an indigenous South American language.

Rhymes

applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, pause, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, tawse, yours

Definition of yaws in US English:

yaws

plural nounjɔzyôz

treated as singular A contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers.
The bacterium is the spirochete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue
Also called frambesia
Example sentencesExamples
- Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge.
- If someone is suffering from yaws or trachoma, of course in your own small way you will try to help.
- WHO also played a major coordinating role in controlling yaws in the late 1940s and onchocerciasis, leprosy, and polio in the past three decades.
- One of the most common was mercury, which had been used by the Arabs for centuries to treat leprosy and yaws.
- Bush yaws is an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions in places such as the nose, mouth and ears.
- And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication.
- Writing about the ‘depopulation of primitive communities’ through ‘the introduction of new diseases,’ for example, Hutton claimed that the wearing of European clothes by Nagas led to ‘lung diseases… dysentery, itch and yaws.’
- In addition, endemic diseases, such as yaws, and epidemic diseases, such as measles and smallpox, may have increased the incidence of stillbirths and miscarriages.
- My favourite physician-turned-leader was, of course, Francois Duvalier, the legendary Papa Doc, a practising physician who as a country doctor tried to rid Haiti of the yaws.
- Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws.
- He worried obsessively about syphilis, which the yaws somewhat resembled; he pored over medical books underscoring lists of symptoms.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from an indigenous South American language.

单词	yaws
释义	Definition of yaws in English: yaws plural noun jɔːzjɔz treated as singular A contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers. The bacterium is the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue Also called framboesia Example sentencesExamples One of the most common was mercury, which had been used by the Arabs for centuries to treat leprosy and yaws. WHO also played a major coordinating role in controlling yaws in the late 1940s and onchocerciasis, leprosy, and polio in the past three decades. Bush yaws is an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions in places such as the nose, mouth and ears. In addition, endemic diseases, such as yaws, and epidemic diseases, such as measles and smallpox, may have increased the incidence of stillbirths and miscarriages. Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws. He worried obsessively about syphilis, which the yaws somewhat resembled; he pored over medical books underscoring lists of symptoms. My favourite physician-turned-leader was, of course, Francois Duvalier, the legendary Papa Doc, a practising physician who as a country doctor tried to rid Haiti of the yaws. Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge. And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication. If someone is suffering from yaws or trachoma, of course in your own small way you will try to help. Writing about the ‘depopulation of primitive communities’ through ‘the introduction of new diseases,’ for example, Hutton claimed that the wearing of European clothes by Nagas led to ‘lung diseases… dysentery, itch and yaws.’ Origin Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from an indigenous South American language. Rhymes applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, pause, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, tawse, yours Definition of yaws in US English: yaws plural nounjɔzyôz treated as singular A contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers. The bacterium is the spirochete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue Also called frambesia Example sentencesExamples Diseases such as malaria were endemic, while blackwater fever, dengue fever, dysentery, yaws, and hookworms were a constant scourge. If someone is suffering from yaws or trachoma, of course in your own small way you will try to help. WHO also played a major coordinating role in controlling yaws in the late 1940s and onchocerciasis, leprosy, and polio in the past three decades. One of the most common was mercury, which had been used by the Arabs for centuries to treat leprosy and yaws. Bush yaws is an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions in places such as the nose, mouth and ears. And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication. Writing about the ‘depopulation of primitive communities’ through ‘the introduction of new diseases,’ for example, Hutton claimed that the wearing of European clothes by Nagas led to ‘lung diseases… dysentery, itch and yaws.’ In addition, endemic diseases, such as yaws, and epidemic diseases, such as measles and smallpox, may have increased the incidence of stillbirths and miscarriages. My favourite physician-turned-leader was, of course, Francois Duvalier, the legendary Papa Doc, a practising physician who as a country doctor tried to rid Haiti of the yaws. Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws. He worried obsessively about syphilis, which the yaws somewhat resembled; he pored over medical books underscoring lists of symptoms. Origin Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from an indigenous South American language.
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