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单词 yaws
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yaws

/jɔːz /
plural noun [treated as singular]
A contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers. Also called framboesia.
  • The bacterium is the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue.
One of the most common was mercury, which had been used by the Arabs for centuries to treat leprosy and yaws....
  • Salversan also proved effective against other maladies such as yaws.
  • And that was the area of some of the first campaigns, the mass campaigns for penicillin, the yaws eradication.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from a South American Indian language.

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