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yaws

UK/ˈjɔːz/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Uncertain. Attested since the 1670s, perhaps from an English creole (or other language) of the Caribbean.

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