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yaws

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?j??z/
  • Homophone: yours (some non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

yaws (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 16:
      Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.
Synonyms
  • parangi
Translations

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

yaws

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yaw

Noun

yaws

  1. plural of yaw

Anagrams

  • -ways, Sway, sway, ways

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yaks

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæks/
  • Homophone: yacks

Noun

yaks

  1. plural of yak

Anagrams

  • kays

Dutch

Noun

yaks

  1. Plural form of yak

French

Noun

yaks m

  1. plural of yak

Spanish

Noun

yaks m pl

  1. plural of yak

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