bubo

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bubo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bubo \Bu"bo\ (b[=u]"b[-o]), n.; pl. Buboes (-b[-o]z). [LL.
     bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. boubw`n.] (Med.)
     An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp.
     in the groin, as in syphilis.
     [1913 Webster]

bubo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bubo
      n 1: a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague
           or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
      2: a genus of Strigidae [syn: Bubo, genus Bubo]