noun
Meaning 1
Yaws, the disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
frambesia
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noun
Meaning 2
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yaws, framboesia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infectious disease
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin frambēsia. Doublet of bramberry and framboise.