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Noun: framboesia  fram'bee-zee-u
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: frambesia)
  1. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
    - yaws, frambesia [N. Amer]

Derived forms: framboesias

Type of: infectious disease

Encyclopedia: Framboesia