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mamanpian

mamanpian is the alternative form of mama-pian.

Meaning of mama-pian

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
    Synonyms:
    mamma-yaw, master yaw, mother-yaw

Origin of mamanpian

Borrowed from French mamanpian.

Questions about mamanpian

What is mamanpian the alternative form of?
Mamanpian is the alternative form of mama-pian.

Words near mamanpian in the dictionary

  1. mamaluke
  2. mamalukes
  3. mamalyga
  4. Mamangam
  5. Mamani
  6. mamanpian
  7. Mamanua
  8. Mamanuas
  9. mamarazzi
  10. Mamaril
  11. Mamarils

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