Yaws

[Yaws]

An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

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A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framb'd2sia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

Noun
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions


n.
A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.


Yaws

Yaws , n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framb'd2sia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framb'd2sia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

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