how to pronounce bubo

/ˈbjuː.bəʊ/

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bubo is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bubo in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and the fever diminished if the bubo was …”

meanings of bubo

noun:

An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.

bubo frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bubo occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.