Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
bubo

bubo

1 9.9
A painful swollen gland that appears in some infections like plague
  • noun
  • /ˈbjuːboʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bubo
  • The doctor examined the patient for any sign of a bubo in the groin area.

Examples

  • If a flea bites the legs, the bubo's usually in the groin and would look like that.

  • And you can almost always tell that San Rocco has the bubo on his thigh.

  • See, that can present both as bubonic with bubos, as described by Detura, but also transmit, as he says, by breath and sight.

  • The disease triggers the lymph nodes near the infected area to swell and fill with blood, creating swollen bulbs or bubos that soon turn black.

  • During the outbreak, many people showed symptoms, including swollen bubos in their lymph nodes.

  • Infected individuals often develop a painful bubo near the site of the infection.

Synonyms

lymphogranuloma
vsbubo
  • Specialized
9.9

A gland that swells because of infection or inflammation

is specifically linked to certain infectious diseases like plague or tuberculosis

Compounds

Bubo virginianus
  • Specialized
9.5

A large brown owl with ear tufts and a deep hoot

How Inflamed

abscess
  • Specialized
23 7.5
bubo
  • Specialized
1 9.9
lymphadenoma
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

bubo singular
buboes plural

Etymology

Bubo comes from an old Greek word boubon, which meant 'groin' or a 'swollen gland'. That's why doctors use bubo for a painful, swollen lymph node and why the disease name bubonic refers to the same kind of swelling.