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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BU'BO,n. [L. bubo, a swelling.] A tumor or abscess with inflammation, which rises in certain glandular parts of the body, as in the groin, or armpit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural buboes) Etymology: Medieval Latin bubon-, bubo, from Greek boub?n Date: 14th century an inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland especially in the groin • bubonic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -oes) a swollen inflamed lymph node in the armpit or groin. Etymology: med.L bubo -onis swelling f. Gk boubon groin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.