BUBO

Bubo, genus Bubo

(noun) a genus of Strigidae

bubo

(noun) a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bubo (plural buboes)

(pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.

Source: Wiktionary


Bu"bo, n.; pl. Buboes (. Etym: [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. (Med.)

Definition: An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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