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    YAWS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    frambesia; framboesia; yaws

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("yaws" is a kind of...):

    infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Present simple (third person singular) of the verb yaw

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