yaws
/jɔːz/plural noun
treated as sing.
1- a contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers雅司病。亦称FRAMBOESIA.
1.1
- The bacterium is the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue.细菌为螺旋菌苍白密螺旋体细长亚种。
词源
late 17th cent.: probably from Carib yaya, from a South American Indian language.