Bubo

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 7

(bū'bō.) (Zool.) See STRIGIDE.-(Med.) A tumor very frequently occurring in the glands of the groin, and also in the armpit. It is often the result of local absorption of irritating matter, such as venereal or other specific poisons; or is symptomatic of constitutional disease, as in the plague, scrofula, and some fevers. [s. 120]