buboes

Noun

The word is derived from bubo

Meaning

of Bubo

Examples

The buboes, or swellings in the groin, that are especially characteristic of bubonic plague, are a feature of other diseases as well. Source: Internet

Swollen lymph glands (buboes) often occur in the neck, armpit and groin (inguinal) regions of plague victims Contemporary accounts of the plague are often varied or imprecise. Source: Internet

The most commonly noted symptom was the appearance of buboes (or gavocciolos) in the groin, the neck and armpits, which oozed pus and bled when opened. Source: Internet

Rufus also wrote that similar buboes were reported by a Dionysius Curtus, who may have practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century BC. Source: Internet

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