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bu⋅bon⋅ic

  [byoo-bon-ik, boo-]
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–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
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Word Origin & History

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.
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Medical Dictionary

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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