Definition of Framboesia

1. Noun. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions.

Exact synonyms: Frambesia, Yaws
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Framboesia

fraising
fraist
fraked
frakel
fraktur
frakturs
framable
frambaesia
frambesia
frambesia tropica
frambesias
frambesiform
frambesiform syphilid
frambesioma
framboesia (current term)
framboid
framboise
framboises
frame
frame-up
frame-ups
frame ball
frame buffer
frame buffers
frame counter
frame counters
frame dragging
frame house

Literary usage of Framboesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of pathology by Joseph Coats (1903)
"Hodgkin's disease : character of lesion. framboesia. Granuloma Fungoides (see under Diseases of Skin). I.—GENERAL FACTS OF INFECTION. ..."

2. Handbook of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Diseases by Arthur Van Harlingen (1895)
"framboesia, called also yaws, plan, and endemic verrugas, is a contagious endemic skin disease, characterized by general and cutaneous symptoms, ..."

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