Bubo

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbuː.bəʊ/
• US IPA: /ˈbu.boÊŠ/
• Rhymes: -uːbəʊ

Origin

From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubōn, "groin, swelling").

Full definition of bubo

Noun

1. (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; ...

Derived terms

• bubonic