| bubonalgia | Rarely used term for pain in the groin. Origin: G. Boubon, groin, + algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bubonic | Relating in any way to a bubo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubonic plague | <microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis. It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis. Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Yersinia infection is now rare in Western countries. Third world countries (for example India) can have epidemics of Yersinia. Treatment with antibiotics is necessary or most individuals will die. Even with antibiotic treatment the death rate is 5%. (15 Nov 1997) |
| bubonocele | <medicine> An inguinal hernia; especially. That incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo. Origin: Gr. Groin + tumour: cf. F. Bubonocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubonulus | 1. An abscess occurring along the course of a lymphatic vessel. 2. One of a number of hard nodules, often breaking down into ulcers, which form along the course of acutely inflamed lymphatic vessels of the dorsum of the penis. Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of bubo (05 Mar 2000) |