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Yaws (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • The doctor suspected that the patient had contracted yaws during his recent trip to the tropical island.
  • Yaws is a highly contagious disease that can be spread through skin contact with an infected person.
  • The symptoms of yaws can be mistaken for those of syphilis, but the two diseases are distinct and require different treatments.
  • In the early 20th century, yaws was a major public health problem in many tropical regions, but widespread vaccination campaigns have largely controlled the disease.
  • The patient's skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions were characteristic of the secondary stage of yaws, which typically occurs several weeks after the initial infection.

Synonyms

  • Framboesia
  • Frambesia
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