bubo

[ byoo-boh, boo- ]

/ ˈbyu boʊ, ˈbu- /

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noun, plural bu·boes.Pathology.

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

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Origin of bubo

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bubo

buboed, adjective

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How to use bubo in a sentence

The description which then follows of the buboes and of the disease is an exact counterpart of the present plague.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
A few cases were mild, but the majority grave and fatal; in several cases there was a relapse with new buboes.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
Vincent says that he would meet many with sores and limping in the streets, (from the suppurating buboes in the groins).
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
This explains Dekkers statement in 1603 that some had buboes repeatedly, and that one person had eighteen sores.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton

Some of the survivors had passed through an attack of the plague, among them the rectors man, whose buboes suppurated.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for bubo

bubo

/ (ˈbjuːbəʊ) /

noun plural -boes

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

Derived forms of bubo

bubonic (bjuːˈbɒnɪk), adjective

Word Origin for bubo

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

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Scientific definitions for bubo

bubo

[ bōō′bō ]

Plural buboes

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