bu‧bon‧ic plague /bjuːˌbɒnɪk ˈpleɪɡ $ buːˌbɑː-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: bubo 'swelling', from Greek boubon '(swelling in) the groin']
a very serious disease spread by rats, that killed a lot of people in the Middle Ages ⇒
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