bubonic

     

A bubo (Greek boubôn, "groin") (plural form= buboes) is a swelling of the lymph noes, found in an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.

Trivia about bubonic

  • The 14th century "Black Death" that swept Europe was this type of plague, from the Greek for "groin"
  • Pertaining to an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, all too common in the 14th century
  • The 3 forms of plague are septicemic, pneumonic & this one that affects the lymph glands

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