bubo
NounSynonyms:
genus Bubo
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)buboes
- a genus of Strigidae containing the American horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls (Bubo)Synonyms: genus BuboType of bird genusMember of Strigidae, family StrigidaeMembers horned owl
- a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosisType of lymph node, symptom
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bu′bo (bū′bō), noun; pl. Buboes (-bōz).
Origin: LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. βουβών.
Medicine An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54