buboes

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A form of bubo — 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.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of bubo
  2. pluralplural of buboe
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