Crossword clues for bubo
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bubo \Bu"bo\ (b[=u]"b[-o]), n.; pl. Buboes (-b[-o]z). [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. boubw`n.] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., plural buboes, from Late Latin bubo (genitive bubonis) "swelling of lymph glands" (in the groin), from Greek boubon "the groin, swelling in the groin."
Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) 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.
WordNet
n. a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
a genus of Strigidae [syn: genus Bubo]
[also: buboes (pl)]
Wikipedia
A bubo is a rounded swelling on the skin of a person afflicted by the bubonic plague.
Bubo may also refer to:
- Bubo, the horned owl and eagle-owl genus
- Bubo, Duke of the Frisians (died 734)
- Bubo, a mechanical owl in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans
- Bubo, a Muppet owl on Barrio Sésamo
- Bubo, a Great Horned Owl in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series
- Bubo, a character in the television series '' The Trap Door
- Bubo, short for Buboicullaar, a Star Wars alien from Return of the Jedi who was later featured in Tales From Jabba's Palace as the star of one of many short stories
- redirect Horned owl
A bubo (Greek βουβών, boubôn, "groin") (plural form: buboes) is the swelling of the lymph nodes. It is found in infections such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, chlamydia, tuberculosis, chancroid or syphilis. It is similar in appearance to a huge blister, and usually appears under the armpit, in the groin or on the neck.
According to historical records, buboes were characteristic of the pandemic responsible for the Black Death and perhaps other ancient pandemics. At the time of such pandemics, it was commonly believed by doctors that buboes should be burst; hen feathers were reportedly used for such a purpose. However, in modern medicine this treatment is regarded as useless and possibly harmful, as the puncture site could leave a patient at higher risk of infection.
Buboes rarely require any form of local care, but instead recede with systemic antibiotic therapy. In fact, for plague patients, incision and drainage poses a risk to others in contact with the patient due to aerosolization of the bubo contents. Needle aspiration can be performed for diagnostic purposes and may also provide symptomatic relief.
Category:Symptoms
Usage examples of "bubo".
In catching the names they were tossing around, it appeared that the deceased one was called Bubo, and the tall man was Walker.
The tall one called Walker was standing directly in front of Bubo, obscuring him from my sight, and then he turned and looked grimly at the others.
My death, however brief, had been sufficient for the ring to slip free, and Bubo with it.
I heard his shouting continue, all the way down, and then there was a sudden roar of flame as Bubo and the ring hit the lava below.
The bubo under his arm had begun to ooze blood and a slow greenish pus.
His bubo had begun to drain again, a thick, dark liquid that smelled like rotting meat.
The edges of the bubo were soft and almost gelatinous, but the center was still hard.
Roche had brought, poured some on a cloth, and swabbed the bubo gently with it.
The boy had a bubo on his back, and Kivrin lanced it while Roche and the mother held him.
There was a foul yellow stain down the side of her blue kirtle where the bubo under her arm had split and run.
Walker was standing directly in front of Bubo, obscuring him from my sight, and then he turned and looked grimly at the others.
Bubo virginianus, a cousin of Bubo ignavus which is common over Europe and Asia north of the Himalayas.
Sukey was in a high fever, but still had no sign of a bubo, and Joan had a small plague-spot on one breast.
High fever, swollen tongue, intoxication of the nervous system, buboes under the arms and in the groin.
They had carried nosegays of flowers and drunk powdered emeralds and applied leeches to the buboes, but all of those were worse than useless, and Dr.