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mother yaw

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yaw (yaw) a lesion of yaws.
mother yaw  the initial cutaneous lesion of yaws.

mother yaw
n.
A large granulomatous lesion that may be the initial lesion in yaws and is most commonly present on the hand, leg, or foot. Also called buba madre, frambesioma.

mother yaw.
See yaw.

Mother Yaw
The initial lesion of yaws, which develops after a 3–5-week incubation of Treponema pallidum pertinue; the lesion is characterised by papules on the extremities, usually the legs, that enlarge to papillomas and eventually ulcerate

yaw [yaw]
1. a lesion of yaws.
2. the deviation of an object from its usual path (see illustration).
Effect of yaw on wounding potential. Yawing is the deviation of a bullet in its longitudinal axis from the straight line of flight. Modified from Swan and Swan, 1980.
mother yaw the initial cutaneous lesion of yaws; called also frambesioma.


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