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bubo

[ byoo-boh, boo- ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural bu·boes.
  1. an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.


bubo

/ ˈbjuːbəʊ; bjuːˈbɒnɪk /

noun

  1. pathol inflammation and swelling of a lymph node, often with the formation of pus, esp in the region of the armpit or groin
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bubo

/ bo̅o̅ /

, Plural buboes

  1. A swelling of a lymph node, especially of the armpit or groin, that is characteristic of bubonic plague.


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Derived Forms

  • bubonic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • buboed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bubo1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek boubṓn literally, groin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bubo1

C14: from Medieval Latin bubō swelling, from Greek boubōn groin, glandular swelling
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Example Sentences

But such outbreaks of bubo-plague or of typhus fever have been local, sporadic, or non-diffusive.

Among the most remarkable habitats of modern bubo-plague are the villages on the basalt plateaus of the Arabian desert.

Let us turn next to the small spots of bubo-plague in the remote province of Yun-nan.

For more than three centuries bubo-plague was never long absent from one part of Britain or another.

That looks like an epidemic of true bubo-plague,—probably the pestis quarta correctly so-called.

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