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Webster 1913 Edition

(bū′bō̍)

Noun.

;

pl.

Buboes

(-bō̍z)

[LL.

bubo

the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr.

βουβών

(Med.)

An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

Noun.

[L. bubo, a swelling.] A tumor or abscess with inflammation, which rises in certain glandular parts of the body, as in the groin, or armpit.

See also: bubo, Bubo, and boo-boo

bubó m ‎(plural bubons)