yaws

Syn.: frambesia, gatlor, kwena, lupani, mornba, ogodo, pian, poly papilloma:: An African term, meaning literally a raspberry, for frambesia; in the sing., yaw, a single efflorescence of the disease. "Daddy," "fadee," "grande," "mama," "master," "moder," and "mother" y. are the large tubercles occurring in the course of the eruption, often at the seat of inoculation. A specific infectious disease occurring in tropical countries, which is characterized by more or le constitutional disturbance and by the development in the skin of reddish tubercles, capped by a cheesy crust.