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