What is "pian"

Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framb[oe]sia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

n. (label en medicine) yaws

Pian may refer to:

• Pian (disease), a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints
• Pian-e Olya, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Pian-e Sofla, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Pian Rural District, in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Pian Camuno, a commune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy
• Pian di Scò, a commune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy
• Pian, Uganda, a county of Moroto District, in Uganda
• Rulan Chao Pian, ethnomusicologist and scholar of Chinese language.
• Pians also refers to seminarians and alumni of St. Pius X Seminary and Sancta Maria Mater et Regina Seminarium.