frambesia
[fram-
bee
-zh
uh
]
/fræmˈbi ʒə/
noun
,
Pathology
1.
yaws
.
Also,
framboesia
.
Origin
1760-70;
<
Neo-Latin,
Latinization of
French
framboise.
See
framboise
British Dictionary definitions for
frambesia
framboesia
/
fræmˈbiːzɪə
/
noun
1.
(
pathol
)
another name for
yaws
Word Origin
C19: from New Latin, from French
framboise
raspberry; see
framboise
; so called because of its raspberry-like excrescences
frambesia
in Medicine
frambesia
fram·be·sia (frām-bē'zhə, -zhē-ə)
n.
See
yaws
.