bubo
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бубон
Pestbeule
An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an…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.
UK/ˈbjuː.bəʊ/US/ˈbu.boʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesAn inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
Pestbeule
бубо́нbubón
a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
inflamed lymph node:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inflamed lymph node:
Origin
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin,Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
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Forms
plural: bubos / buboesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a genus of Strigidae containing the American horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls (Bubo):genus Bubo
Word family
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