frambesia

fram·be·sia

 (frăm-bē′zhə, -zhē-ə)

n.

See yaws.

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[New Latin, from French framboise, raspberry (from the appearance of the excrescence), from Old French, of Germanic origin; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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yaws

(yɔz)

n. (used with a sing. v.)

an infectious tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue. Also called frambesia.

[1670–80; < Jamaican Creole]

yaw′ey, adj.

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frambesia, framboesia

a contagious tropical disease. Also called yaws.

See also: Disease and Illness

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frambesia - an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions framboesia, yaws infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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