Bubonic (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or evidencing buboes; "bubonic plague".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The doctor quickly diagnosed the disease as bubonic due to the painful swelling in the patient's groin area.
- The plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages was a bubonic form of the disease, causing widespread death and destruction.
- Symptoms of bubonic plague include fever, chills, and swollen lymph nodes, which can be extremely painful.
- The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history.
- Researchers studying the bubonic plague have made significant progress in understanding the disease and developing effective treatments.