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What is another word for Buboes?

Pronunciation: [bjˈuːbə͡ʊz] (IPA)

Buboes are swollen, inflamed lymph nodes that occur as a result of infection, commonly found in the groin, armpit, or neck. There are several synonyms for buboes, which can be used to describe the condition in different ways. These include swollen glands, enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenitis, abscesses, boils, pustules, and ulcers. Each of these terms describes a different aspect of the condition or refers to the specific location of the swelling. While buboes are typically associated with infections such as the bubonic plague, they can also arise from other causes such as cancer or autoimmune disorders.
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The Contagious Distemper, which has become the Reproach of our Faculty here for above a Month past, is more violent than that at Marseilles; it breaks out in Carbuncles, Buboes, livid Blisters, and purple Spots; the first Symptoms are grievous Pains in the Head, Consternations, wild Looks, a trembling Voice, a cadaverous Face, a Coldness in all the extreme Parts, a low unequal Pulse, great Pains in the Stomach, Reachings to Vomit, and these are follow'd by Sleepiness, Deliriums, Convulsions, or Fluxes of Blood, the Forerunners of sudden Death.
"The Plague at Marseilles Consider'd"
Richard Bradley
Those in whom the Buboes appeared, if they call another person for water to drink or wash, will also infect the latter with the sirayat, the infection.
"The Moghul"
Thomas Hoover
In a few Days afterwards, two Soldiers in other Hospitals, towards the Decline of very bad Petechial Fevers, had likewise Buboes formed in the Groin, without any Suspicion of a venereal Taint.
"An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany"
Donald Monro

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