Definitions for buboˈbyu boʊ, ˈbu-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bu•boˈbyu boʊ, ˈbu-(n.)(pl.)-boes.
an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin or armpit.
Category: Pathology
Origin of bubo:
1350–1400; ME < LL < Gk boubṓn lit., groin
bu′boed(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
bubo(noun)
a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
Bubo, genus Bubo(noun)
a genus of Strigidae
Wiktionary
bubo(Noun)
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.
Origin: From bubo, from βουβών.
Webster Dictionary
Bubo(noun)
an inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis
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