Volume 1; Number 12 of December 1957; Pages: 676-682. The complaint of âurethral dischargeâ by the male is a symptom often of obscure origin; it is distressing to the patient and constitutes a l clinical problem.
Definition of Yaw. 1. v. i. To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. 2. v. i. & t. To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. 3. n.
Yaws: A forgotten disease. Yaws is a chronic infection that affects mainly the skin, bone and cartilage. The disease occurs mainly in poor communities in warm, humid, tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The causative organism is a bacterium called Treponema pertenue, a subspecies of Treponema pallidum that causes venereal syphilis.