YAWS
Dictionary entry overview: What does yaws mean? • YAWS (noun)
The noun YAWS has 1 sense:
1. an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
Familiarity information: YAWS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YAWS (noun)
Meaning:
An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
frambesia; framboesia; yaws
Hypernyms ("yaws" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
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