Bu·bo n.; pl. Buboes Med. An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
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bubo
n 1: a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague
or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
2: a genus of Strigidae [syn: genus Bubo]
[also: buboes (pl)]