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Bubo
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bubo /bu·bo/ (bu´bo) an enlarged and inflamed lymph node, particularly in the axilla or groin, due to such infections as plague, syphilis, gonorrhea, lymphogranuloma venereum, and tuberculosis.bubon´ic
climatic bubo  lymphogranuloma venereum.

bu·bo (bb)
n. pl. bu·boes
Inflammatory swelling of one or more lymph nodes, especially in the groin.

Bubo
An inflamed swelling inside a lymph node, characteristic of second-stage LGV.

bubo (byōō´bō),
n a lymph node that is enlarged as a result of an infection. The process may lead to suppuration; seen in primary syphilis, chancroid, plague, malaria, and other infectious processes.

bubo
an enlarged and inflamed lymph node, particularly in the axilla or groin, resulting from absorption of infective material and occurring in various diseases, e.g. tuberculosis.

indolent bubo
a hard, nearly painless bubo that shows no tendency to break.

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