yaw (yaw) a lesion of yaws.
yaw
yaw [yaw]
mother yaw the initial cutaneous lesion of yaws.
yaw
[yô]
Etymology: Carib, VaVa
a lesion of the syphilis-like tropical disease of yaws. The initial lesion or primary sore is identified as the mother yaw.
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.
yaw
Forensic pathology The angle between the line of flight and a bullet's long axis; bullets enter tissue and tumble once inside, rotating 180º, and exit with the base forward, which explains the large size of some exit wounds.
See Ballistics.
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