bubonic
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- adjective
- /bjuˈbɒnɪk/
- Specialized
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bubónico
- So the symptoms of bubonic plague are agonizing.
- bubonic plague
- bubonic plague outbreak
New research has shown that the bubonic plague might have selected adna variant that benefits certain autoimmune disorders.
- New research has shown that the bubonic plague might have selected adna variant that benefits certain autoimmune disorders.
Examples
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Just a century and a half earlier, one-third of the population of Europe was wiped out by a series of bubonic and pneumonic plagues.
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The Black Death, a huge wave of epidemics of bubonic plague, spread across Europe during 1347-1353 CE.
Academic text (2013) -
- I have bubonic plague.
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"Tell the tour director I have a touch of the bubonic plague."
Fiction book (1991) -
So nine years after this was painted, the bubonic plague hit much of Europe.
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And it did help, although even then England suffered from the bubonic plague quite significantly, as did Europe.
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But then in May, an outbreak of bubonic plague struck in the port of Marseilles.
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There is also suggestive evidence that the ABO blood groups affect resistance to bubonic plague, cholera, and syphilis.
Academic text (1993) -
In the 14th century, the bubonic plague killed one in three Europeans.
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So the symptoms of bubonic plague are agonizing.
Compounds
- Specialized
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A serious disease that spreads and causes fever and painful swollen glands
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bubonic comes from the old Greek word boubōn, which means 'swollen gland' or 'groin'. It refers to the painful, swollen lumps called buboes that appear in the plague, so bubonic describes a form of plague with swollen glands.