1. Plural of frambesia; a tropical infectious disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, characterized by raspberry-like skin lesions and transmitted through direct contact.
Usage: medical; also called yaws; primarily affects children in tropical regions

Examples

• Frambesias is endemic in parts of West Africa and the Pacific Islands.
• The disease frambesias can be treated effectively with penicillin.
• Frambesias causes painful lesions that resemble raspberries, hence the name.
• Public health campaigns have reduced the incidence of frambesias in developing countries.
• Frambesias is transmitted through skin-to-skin contact with infected individuals.