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bubonic - 4 dictionary results

bu⋅bon⋅ic

[byoo-bon-ik, boo-]
–adjective Pathology.
1. of or pertaining to a bubo.
2. accompanied by or affected with buboes.

Origin:
1870–75; < LL būbōn- (s. of būbō) bubo + -ic

Bubonic

Bu*bon"ic\ (b[-u]*b[o^]n"[i^]k), a. Of or pertaining to a bubo or buboes; characterized by buboes.

bubonic 
"characterized by swelling in the groin," 1871, from L. bubo (gen. bubonis) "swelling of lymph glands" (in the groin), from Gk. boubon "groin." The noun bubo used in Eng. for the plague symptom from late 1398.

bubonic bu·bon·ic (b&oomacr;-bŏn'ĭk, by&oomacr;-)
adj.
Of or relating to a bubo.

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