bubo meaning

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bubo (noun): a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.

bubo has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

bubo as a noun

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

    Type of: lymph node, symptom

    Related forms: bubonic

  2. a genus of Strigidae

    Synonyms: genus Bubo

    Type of: bird genus

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in BO · 4-letter words

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