framboesia

2 definitions found

framboesia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.)
     A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa,
     characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious
     character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble
     currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several
     varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia,
     pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.
     [1913 Webster]

framboesia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  framboesia
      n 1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its
           early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating
           lesions [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia]