BUBO (buboes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: buboes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bubo mean? 

• BUBO (noun)
  The noun BUBO has 2 senses:

1. a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis

2. a genus of Strigidae

  Familiarity information: BUBO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUBO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bubo" is a kind of...):

lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

bubonic (of or evidencing buboes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A genus of Strigidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bubo; genus Bubo

Hypernyms ("Bubo" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Bubo"):

horned owl (large owls having prominent ear tufts)

Holonyms ("Bubo" is a member of...):

family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)