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framboesia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun framboesia has 1 sense
- framboesia(n = noun.state) frambesia, yaws - an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions; Array is a kind of infectious disease
OXFORD DICTIONARY
framboesia, n. (US frambesia) Med. = YAWS.
Etymology
mod.L f. F framboise raspberry f. L fraga ambrosia ambrosial strawberry
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