bubo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 4
/ˈbjuː.bəʊ/
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/ˈbjuː.bəʊ/ · /ˈbu.boʊ/ · /ˈbju.boʊ/
Definition of bubo
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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; ...”
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Etymology
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
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