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noun
An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
a genus of Strigidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Bubo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bird genus
noun
a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lymph node, lymph gland, node, symptom
History
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).
Across languages
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