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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: bubo 'swelling', from Greek boubon '(swelling in) the groin'

bubonic plague

 noun
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability
bu‧bon‧ic plague [uncountable]
MI a very serious disease spread by rats, that killed a lot of people in the Middle Ages [↪ Black Death]
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