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Definition of yaws noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yaws

noun
 
/jɔːz/
 
/jɔːz/
[uncountable]
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  1. a tropical skin disease that causes large red swellings
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: probably from Carib yaya, from a native South American language.
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