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yaws
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction(yaws)
a contagious tropical disease especially of children caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement —called also frambesia
yaws
verb(yaws)
to deviate erratically from a course (as when struck by a heavy sea); especially : to move from side to side
yaws
verb(yaws)
to turn by angular motion about the vertical axis
yaws
verb(yaws)
alternate
yaws
noun(yaws)
the action of yawing; especially : a side-to-side movement
yaws
noun(yaws)
the extent of the movement in yawing

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