yaws

  1. Noun.  (disease) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete ''Treponema pertenue'', characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
  2. Noun.  (plural of, yaw) .
  3. Verb.  (third-person singular of, yaw) .

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