bubo

[byoo-boh, boo-]

noun, plural bu·boes. Pathology.

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

Nearby words

Origin of bubo

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

Related formsbu·boed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for buboes

The ulcers from buboes partake of the same character, the edges being hard and the ulcer disposed to burrow.
North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826|Various
It was not characterized by buboes, and it is very probable that it was largely smallpox.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
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
With the buboes and carbuncles, small red purplish spots (petechi), frequently appear on the body.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

We must, it seems, fake it for granted that all these hundred and ten thousand men must have these buboes.
Against Apion|Flavius Josephus

British Dictionary definitions for buboes

bubo

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 Formsbubonic (bjuːˈbɒnɪk), adjective

Word Origin for bubo

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

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Word Origin and History for buboes

bubo

late 14c., plural buboes, from Late Latin bubo (genitive bubonis) "swelling of lymph glands" (in the groin), from Greek boubon "the groin, swelling in the groin."

Medicine definitions for buboes

bubo

[bōō′bō]

n. pl. bu•boes

Inflammatory swelling of one or more lymph nodes, especially in the groin.

Science definitions for buboes

bubo

[bōō′bō]

Plural buboes

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