Associations to the word «Bubonic»

Wiktionary

BUBONIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to buboes.
BUBONIC PLAGUE, noun. (disease) A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.

Dictionary definition

BUBONIC, adjective. Of or evidencing buboes; "bubonic plague".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats