Bubo

{buf-bo) \JSovfiuv, the groin]. Inflammation and swelling of a lymphatic gland, particularly of the groin, and usually following chancroid, gonorrhea, or syphilitic infection. B., Indolent, one which has no tendency to break down; a syphilitic bubo. B., Parotid. See Barotitis. B., Pestilential, that a ociated with the plague. B., Primary, a slight adenitis of the groin due to mechanic irritation or other cause; formerly supposed to be due to syphilis without a chancre having preceded. B., Sympathetic, one caused by irritation, friction, injury, etc., and not arising from an infectious disease. B., Syphilitic, that due to syphilis. B., Venereal, that due to venereal disease. Bubon d’emblee [Fr.]. See Bubo, Primary. 161