BUBONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bubonic mean? 

• BUBONIC (adjective)
  The adjective BUBONIC has 1 sense:

1. of or evidencing buboes

  Familiarity information: BUBONIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUBONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or evidencing buboes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

bubonic plague

Pertainym:

bubo (a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis)

Derivation:

bubo (a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis)

 Context examples 

In pneumonic plague, the infection spreads to the lungs either following bubonic plague, or by inhalation of infective droplets.

(Plague, NCI Thesaurus)

Bubonic plague causes the tonsils, adenoids, spleen, and thymus to become inflamed. Symptoms include fever, aches, chills, and tender lymph glands.

(Plague, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

In bubonic plague, the lymph nodes adjacent to the site of the skin bite are infected and enlarged.

(Plague, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested as a bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic plague.

(Plague, NCI Thesaurus)