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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.

   "If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ..."

2. 2
   a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis wordnet

Synonyms

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abscessblebblisterboilbunioncanker

Example

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"If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ..."

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Related phrases

bubonic plaguelymph node

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