bubo

American  

[byoo-boh, boo-] / ˈbyu boʊ, ˈbu- /

noun

Pathology.

buboes plural

1. an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.

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bubo British  

/ 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 Scientific  

/ bo̅o̅′bō /

buboes plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• bubonic
  adjective
• buboed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• buboes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bubo

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek boubṓn literally, groin

Example Sentences

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

At the end of the fifteenth and middle of the sixteenth century, we have as alternating with bubo plague, the Sudor Anglicanus.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

The black death of the fourteenth century and the Pali plague, though presenting many of the characteristics of bubo plague, differ from it, while they resemble each other, in one important particular.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

It had as a distinctive symptom the well-known inguinal bubo, and there is no mention whatever, in the descriptions of it that have survived, of the tetanoid symptoms belonging to epidemic meningitis.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various