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- noun Plural form of
bubo .
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Examples
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Greatly enlarged lymph nodes with spontaneous rupture in this manner are sometimes called buboes, and are also a mark of plague.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Greatly enlarged lymph nodes with spontaneous rupture in this manner are sometimes called buboes, and are also a mark of plague.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Greatly enlarged lymph nodes with spontaneous rupture in this manner are sometimes called buboes, and are also a mark of plague.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Bubonic plague refers to the painful lymph node swellings called buboes, mostly found around the base of the neck, and in the armpits and groin.
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bubonic plague, a bacterial infection marked by painful, feverish, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes.
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Obviously a typo, the seller meant “buboes”, not “bubbles”.
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The classic sign of bubonic plague was the appearance of buboes in the groin, the neck and armpits, which oozed pus and bled.
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It's just a few buboes...no seriously, they'll be gone by afternoon.
I Hate Meetings: Reading Aloud Edition Bardiac 2009
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The most common form of infection in a human is a swollen and painful lymph gland that forms buboes, from which the disease is named.
Zoonotic diseases 2009
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The medical buboes were illustrative of the nature of the disease, and well, medical photographs are generally quite dramatic.
OMGPLAGUE!! 2008
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