Buboes

Word BUBOES
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What do we mean by buboes?

An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.

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The word "buboes" in example sentences

Greatly enlarged lymph nodes with spontaneous rupture in this manner are sometimes called buboes, and are also a mark of plague. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

bubonic plague, a bacterial infection marked by painful, feverish, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Obviously a typo, the seller meant “buboes”, not “bubbles”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's just a few buboes...no seriously, they'll be gone by afternoon. ❋ Bardiac (2009)

The classic sign of bubonic plague was the appearance of buboes in the groin, the neck and armpits, which oozed pus and bled. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Which means your chances of getting buboes are very tiny, and there's no reason not to come to the convention. ❋ Walter Jon Williams (2008)

The medical buboes were illustrative of the nature of the disease, and well, medical photographs are generally quite dramatic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The link above will bring you to the rest of the amusingly alarmist article, and a little plague slideshow with some lovely photos of buboes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm reminded of a quote I came across in a book I recently read: "It's like standing too close to a plague victim; sooner or later you notice the buboes under your own skin." ❋ Unknown (2006)

You are suffering from swellings called buboes, in the lymph nodes of the neck, armpits and groin. ❋ Unknown (2006)

All fevers complicated with buboes are bad, except ephemerals. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I’m also a bit surprised that Cheney didn’t fly around the Rotunda like Baron Harkonen, with his buboes sliming the city. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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