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Yaws
/ˈjɔːz/
A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
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A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| frambesianoun | Yaws, the disease. |
| framboesianoun | Alternative form of frambesia. [Yaws, the disease.] |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| frambesianoun | Yaws, the disease. |
| framboesianoun | Alternative form of frambesia. [Yaws, the disease.] |
| paranginoun | The tropical disease yaws. |
| treponematosisnoun | (medicine) Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta. |
| sibbensnoun | (medicine) A contagious disease, once endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws and marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. |
| syphilisnoun | (pathology) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. |
| gangosanoun | (medicine) Destruction of the bone and cartilage of the nose, associated with yaws. |
| white swellingnoun | (pathology) A disease of the joints, especially the knee, in which the synovial membrane undergoes pulpy degeneration. |
| xanthopsydracianoun | (archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules. |
| yellow nail syndromenoun | (medicine) A rare condition characterized by pleural effusions, lymphedema, and yellowish dystrophic nails. |
| yellow patchnoun | (mycology, pathology, uncountable) A disease affecting several varieties of grasses, including bentgrasses, annual bluegrass, some perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass, which results in the development of yellow or brown rings. |
| syphilosisnoun | syphilitic disease |
| siphilisnoun | Archaic form of syphilis. [(pathology) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.] |
| wildfirenoun | A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area. |
| thwarternoun | A person or thing that thwarts. |
| woolsorter's diseasenoun | Synonym of anthrax. |
| spotted fevernoun | (pathology) any of various diseases causing fever and spots on the skin |
| heartwormnoun | (veterinary medicine) (uncountable) The condition caused by this organism. |
| yellow fat diseasenoun | pansteatitis |
| syphiloidnoun | (medicine) Resembling syphilis. |
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