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frambœsia
frambœsia Path. (fræmˈbiːzɪə) [mod.L., f. F. framboise raspberry: see framboise.] A chronic contagious disease, characterized by raspberry-like excrescences; the yaws.[1768 F. B. de Sauvages Nosol. Method. II. 554 Frambæsia; Yaw Guineesium; Epian vel Pian Americanorum Est morbus contagiosus apud Gui...
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tubboe
‖ tubboe (ˈtʌbəʊ) Also tubba. [? native word in W. Africa.] Each of the excrescences or sores in frambœsia; also in pl. = frambœsia, yaws.1769 E. Bancroft Guiana 387 The infectious matter..produces subcutaneous sores, which are called Tubboes. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 432 When the tumou...
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parangi
parangi (pəˈræŋgɪ) Also 9 parangy. [Sinhalese parangi (lede), lit. ‘(disease of) foreigners’, i.e. the Portuguese (= Skr. phiraṅga ‘Frankish’, European), f. Pg. Frangue, name given by the Moors to Frenchmen, Spaniards, and European Christians generally (cf. Feringhee).] The name given in Sri Lanka t...
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treponema
treponema Biol. and Med. (trɛpəʊˈniːmə) Pl. -ˈnemata. Also anglicized as ˈtreponeme. [mod.L. (coined in Ger. by F. Schaudinn 1905, in Deutsch. med. Wochenschr. 26 Oct. 1728/1), f. Gr. τρέπ-ειν to turn + νῆµα thread.] An anærobic spirochæte of the genus of this name, the members of which are parasiti...
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pian
pian, n. (pɪˈæn, pjɑ̃) Also epian, and in pl. pians. [= Sp., Pg. epian and pian, F. pian, a. Galibi (Rio de Janeiro) pian (Roulin in Littré, suppl.). Cf. Guarani pia ‘bubas, granos’ (Montoya). Cf. Jas. Platt in N. & Q. 10th Ser. I. 5.] A contagious tropical skin disease, occurring among Negroes, the...
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yaws
yaws (jɔːz) [Origin uncertain; identity with pian n. has been suggested (N. & Q. Ser. x. I. 5).] A contagious disease of tropical countries, characterized by raspberry-like excrescences or tubercles on the skin; also called frambœsia. Also attrib. See also yaw n.21679 T. Trapham Disc. Health Jamaica...
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morula
▪ I. ‖ morula (ˈmɔər(j)ələ) [mod.L., dim. of L. mōrum mulberry: see moro1.] 1. Path. In various uses (see quots.).1856 Mayne Expos. Lex., Morula, term for a mulberry-formed, fungous excrescence: a morule. 1891 Syd. Soc. Lex., Morula... Also, a synonym of Frambœsia. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 506 ...
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exanthema
‖ exanthema (ɛksænˈθiːmə) Pl. -ata. [late L., a. Gr. ἐξάνθηµα eruption, f. ἐξανθέειν, f. ἐξ- out + ἀνθέειν to blossom, f. ἄνθος blossom.] 1. Path. An efflorescence, eruption, or rash such as takes place in measles, small-pox, etc. Also a disease characterized by efflorescence; an eruptive disease. C...
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crab yaws
crab yaws [f. crab n.1 + yaws.] The West Indian name of a kind of yaws or frambœsia attacking the soles of the feet and palms of the hands, forming ulcers with very hard edges.1740 Hist. Jamaica 313 That which is called Crab-Yaws is never removed. 1799 Med. Jrnl. I. 33 In every instance..of venereal...
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