[fram-bee-zhuh] 
[yawz] ,
) Pathology. | an infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis. |
| fram·be·sia (frām-bē'zhə, -zhē-ə) n. See yaws. [New Latin, from French framboise, raspberry (from the appearance of the excrescence), from Old French, of Germanic origin; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| yaws (yôz) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A highly contagious tropical disease that chiefly affects children, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue and characterized by raspberrylike sores, especially on the hands, feet, and face. Also called frambesia. [From American Spanish yaya, sore, from Carib yaya, disease.] |
frambesia fram·be·sia (frām-bē'zhə, -zhē-ə)
n.
See yaws.
yaws (yôz)
n.
An infectious tropical disease caused by Treponema pertenue, characterized by the development of crusted granulomatous ulcers on the extremities that may cause bone and joint destruction in later stages of the disease. Also called boubas, bubas, frambesia, granuloma tropicum, pian, rupia.