bubos

Those enlarged lymph nodes are actually called bubos -- bubonic plague, thus the name -- fever, chills, prostration.

CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2002 2002

And from that term "bubos," you get the term "bubonic" plague, and that is essentially where that term comes from.

CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2003 2003

Shankers, cordee and bubos refer to the various swellings, sores and other ills associated with venereal diseases, including syphilis.

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Not to be pedantic, but bubos are the result of the Plague, not leprosy.

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On the following pages, we discuss some common diseases spread by sexual contact (STD): gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and bubos.

Chapter 25 1993

She had lanced the bubos of the stricken, she had poulticed their boils, and the dead she had prepared for the funeral pyre.

Daughters of India 1908

In Bubonic plague, lymphatic glands (bubos) are swollen, but the

Signs of the Times 2009

· enlarged, painful glands (lymph nodes, bubos) may develop in the groin

Chapter 21 1997

· enlarged lymph nodes (bubos) may develop in the groin

Chapter 32 1993