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buboes

noun

Meaning

  1. 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.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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