bubo

Definition

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.

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

Example Sentences

• "If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ..."