Dictionary entry

Bubo

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bu″bo (bū″bō̍), n.; pl.Buboes (–bō̍z). [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. βοuβών.] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.