1. an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions; [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frambesia
n 1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its
early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating
lesions [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia]