yaws
yaws
plural noun
plural noun
- [treated as sing.]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 - 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
- late 17th cent.: probably from Carib yaya, from a South American Indian language
考试词汇表
