How to pronounce“bubonic”in English
the plague was a product of growing human interconnectedness.
Bubonic plague is a horrible disease. After infection with the bacterium Yersinia Pestis, lymph nodes swell and sometimes burst; victims often get high fevers and vomit blood;
gangrene can cause extremities and facial features to turn black with necrosis, hence "the Black Death"; and depending on the strain, somewhere between 50 and 60 percent of people infected died.
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Definitions of “bubonic”
Of or pertaining to buboes.
“1994: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Notes Human Plague -- India, 1994 - "In particular, bubonic plague is characterized by painful swelling of lymph nodes (buboes) in the inguinal, axillary, or cervical regions."”