Meanings
nounbubo (plural bubos or buboes)
- medicineAn inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...
1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ..., page 42
Origin
- Ancient Greekβουβών“groin, swelling”
- Medieval Latinbūbō
- Englishbubo
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
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Catalan bubó
- bubóinflamed lymph node
Czech dýměj
- dýmějinflamed lymph node
Finnish imusolmukeajos, paise
- imusolmukeajosinflamed lymph node
- paiseinflamed lymph node
French bubon
- buboninflamed lymph node
German Pestbeule
- Pestbeuleinflamed lymph node
Indonesian bubo
- buboinflamed lymph node
Irish cearc ascaille, loch ascaille
- cearc ascailleinflamed lymph node
- loch ascailleinflamed lymph node
- scairt ascailleinflamed lymph node
Polish dymienica
- dymienicainflamed lymph node
Portuguese bubão
- bubãoinflamed lymph node
Punjabi ਸੁੰਢਾ
- ਸੁੰਢਾ (suṇḍhā)inflamed lymph node
Romanian bubon
- buboninflamed lymph node
Russian бубо́н
- бубо́н (bubón)inflamed lymph node
Spanish bubón
- bubóninflamed lymph node
Turkish hıyarcık
- hıyarcıkinflamed lymph node
Welsh llinoryn
- llinoryninflamed lymph node
Cite this entry
APA
bubo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubo
MLA
“bubo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bubo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bubo.
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