bubo

• Epidemics of the bubonic plague (a bubo is an inflamed lymph node), also called the Black Death, were often blamed by one country or one culture on another, the blame usually being directed from west to east and from north to south.
• This condition is termed bubo or "blue ball" in common language Sometimes serious complications arise which may prove dangerous and require the individual to be confined to his bed for weeks b. —  The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male
• The term bullet-bubo has been applied to them, and their presence is of great value in diagnosis. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
• The resulting bubo is ill-defined, painful, and tender, and suppuration occurs in about one-fourth of the cases. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
• After the bubo has been opened the wound may take on the characters of a soft sore Treatment._--Soft sores heal rapidly when kept clean. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.

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