yaws
/jɔːz
/plural noun [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. Also called framboesia.
- The bacterium is the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue.
- Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws.
- And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication.
Origin
Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from a South American Indian language.
Rhymes
- once and for all (or once for all)
- once and future
- once a ——, always a ——
- once bitten, twice shy
- once-born
- once-fired
- once-for-all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a lifetime
- onceness
- once-off
- once-only
- once (or every once) in a while
- once or twice
- once-over
- oncer
- once-through
- once upon a time
- on-chip
- onchocercal
- onchocerciasis
- onchocercosis
- onchocercotic
- onchosphere
- Oncidium