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mama-pian

mama-pian noun: the primary lesion caused by yaws, typically surrounded by other, smaller lesions.

Noun

mama-pian (plural not attested)

  1. (Caribbean, no plural, obsolete) The primary lesion caused by yaws, typically surrounded by other, smaller lesions.
    • One ulcer is usually larger and fouler than the rest, and this is known by the negroes […] as the mama-pian, or mama yaw.1860, Robert J. Jordan, Skin Diseases and Their Remedies, page 191
    • [T]he master-fungus being named mama-pian, or mother-yaw, as supposed to be the source or supply of the rest.1822, John Mason Good, edited by Samuel Cooper, The Study of Medicine, volume 2, page 675
    Synonyms:
    mamma-yaw, master yaw, mother-yaw

Synonyms of mama-pian

  • mamma-yaw
  • master yaw
  • mother-yaw

Forms of mama-pian

alternative formmamanpian

Origin of mama-pian

Compound of mama + pian. Compare Spanish mama-pian, French mamanpian, mère des pians. First attested in 1822.

Questions about mama-pian

What does mama-pian mean?
Mama-pian means the primary lesion caused by yaws, typically surrounded by other, smaller lesions.
What part of speech is mama-pian?
Mama-pian is a noun.

Words near mama-pian in the dictionary

  1. mama's baby, papa's maybe
  2. mama's boy
  3. mama's boys
  4. mama's girl
  5. mama-bear
  6. mama-pian
  7. mama-san
  8. mama-sans
  9. MAMAA
  10. Mamaanun
  11. Mamaceqtaw

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