bubo
noun
bu·bo
ˈbyü-(ˌ)bō 
ˈbü-
ˈbü-
plural buboes
: an inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland especially in the groin
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Bubonic plague still exists today, and symptoms include painful, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes, in the groin, armpit or neck areas, as well as fever, chills and coughing.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 July 2024
Usually, patients will have blood and other samples, such as sputum or pus, taken from a bubo.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Symptoms of the plague include fever, headache, chills, weakness and one or more swollen, painful lymph nodes, known as buboes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024
After an incubation period of two to eight days, patients develop fever, headache and a bubo.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
In septicemic plague, plague bacteria gain access to the blood stream, with or without a preceding bubo.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
People who are exposed to the plague generally begin experiencing symptoms — including swollen lymph nodes (buboes), fever, nausea, weakness, chills and muscle aches — within two to eight days of exposure.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Symptoms can include a sudden onset of fever, nausea, weakness, chills, muscle aches and visibly swollen lymph nodes called buboes.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Porters greeting the ships found a grisly sight: a few ill sailors, their bodies ravaged with black, oozing buboes, standing on deck among their dead crewmates.
—Fox News, 22 Apr. 2020
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 July 2024
Usually, patients will have blood and other samples, such as sputum or pus, taken from a bubo.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Symptoms of the plague include fever, headache, chills, weakness and one or more swollen, painful lymph nodes, known as buboes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024
After an incubation period of two to eight days, patients develop fever, headache and a bubo.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
In septicemic plague, plague bacteria gain access to the blood stream, with or without a preceding bubo.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
People who are exposed to the plague generally begin experiencing symptoms — including swollen lymph nodes (buboes), fever, nausea, weakness, chills and muscle aches — within two to eight days of exposure.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Symptoms can include a sudden onset of fever, nausea, weakness, chills, muscle aches and visibly swollen lymph nodes called buboes.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Porters greeting the ships found a grisly sight: a few ill sailors, their bodies ravaged with black, oozing buboes, standing on deck among their dead crewmates.
—Fox News, 22 Apr. 2020
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bubo
noun
bu·bo
ˈb(y)ü-bō
plural buboes
: an inflamed swelling of a lymph node especially in the groin
Medical Definition
bubo
noun
bu·bo
ˈb(y)ü-(ˌ)bō
plural buboes
: an inflammatory swelling of a lymph node especially in the groin
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