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bubo

[ byoo-boh, boo- ]

noun

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


bubo

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bubo

/ ̅̅ō /

, Plural buboes

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

  • bubonic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • bDZ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bubo1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek dzܲṓn literally, groin
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bubo1

C14: from Medieval Latin buō swelling, from Greek bouōn groin, glandular swelling
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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.

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Symptoms included skin tissue darkened by gangrene and swelling of lymph nodes, or buboes — the source of the term “bubonic.”

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The bacterial disease was named the Black Death after the dark swellings or "buboes" that victims suffered.

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The name comes from the symptoms it causes - painful, swollen lymph nodes or 'buboes' in the groin or armpit.

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Porters greeting the ships found a grisly sight: a few ill sailors, their bodies ravaged with black, oozing buboes, standing on deck among their dead crewmates.

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