Bubonic - having or relating to a "bubo", a swollen lymph node, most commonly heard now refering to the swollen lymph nodes seen with plague. Bubo comes from the Greek word Boubon which means either the groin or a swelling in the groin.
Origin for the Bubonic Plague NameBubonic Plague is named because of the symptoms. The bacterial infection produces a painful swelling of the lymph nodes. These are called buboes. Often the first swelling is evident in the groin. During the Middle Ages, a pandemic of Bubonic Plague was referred to as the Black Death, because of the blackening of the skin due to the dried blood that accumulated under the skin's surface.
Bubonic Plague is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
The Bubonic Plague.
The name of the bacillus that causes Bubonic plague is Yersinnia pestis.
Well really there were three- the most common being the bubonic plague.
The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.
The black death is also known as 'The Black Plague' but the scientific name for it is the bubonic plague.
To be cured from the Bubonic Plague you can use antibiodics. In the previous bubonic plagues when it was a plague there was no cure.
The Bubonic Plague
Yersinia pestis.
The Bubonic Plague
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Another name for the plague is the black death