bubo
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Origin of bubo
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek boubṓn literally, groin
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He was far from his natural home: Eurasian eagle-owls, known by the scientific name Bubo bubo, are apex predators typically found in much of continental Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and Central Asia.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
It was lodged under my armpit like a bubo.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2018
Among the earlier and more common symptoms of note are those dependent upon gangrenous inflammation of the lungs, a lesion, according to Hirsch,1 extremely rare in bubo plague.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In the latter case it is only by the situation of the primary bubo that one can approximately identify the area through which the plague infection entered the organism.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
After the bubo has been opened the wound may take on the characters of a soft sore.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Bubonic plague is the most common type of plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, characterised by swollen lymph nodes called "buboes".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
This form of the disease typically results from an infected-flea bite, and symptoms such as buboes, fever, headache, chills and weakness develop within two to eight days, according to the CDC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Symptoms included skin tissue darkened by gangrene and swelling of lymph nodes, or buboes — the source of the term “bubonic.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
If you think you might have been bitten by a plague-infected flea, you can take some of these drugs before any symptoms emerge, and that will stop the painful buboes appearing in the first place.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2020
During the course of this stage buboes begin to make their appearance.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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