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bubo

UK/ˈbjuː.bəʊ/ US/ˈbu.boʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis

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a genus of Strigidae

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Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

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