Definitions for frambesiafræmˈbi ʒə
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fram•be•siafræmˈbi ʒə(n.)
Category: Pathology
Ref: yaws .
Origin of frambesia:
1760–70; < NL, Latinization of F framboise raspberry < Frankish *brāmbasi
Princeton's WordNet
yaws, frambesia, framboesia(noun)
an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
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