Bubo
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈbuË.bəʊ/
- US IPA: /ˈbu.boʊ/
- Rhymes: -uËbəʊ
Origin
From Medieval Latin bÅ«bÅ, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubÅn, "groin, swelling").
Full definition of bubo
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.
- 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ..., If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...