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Bubo

//ˈbjuː.bəʊ// noun

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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

Etymology

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

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