Relating to or describing a deadly plague disease that causes swollen glands called buboes, especially the Black Death.
From Latin 'bubo' meaning swollen gland, from Greek 'boubon' meaning groin (where the swellings often appeared). The suffix '-ic' means relating to.
The Black Death killed 75-200 million people and completely changed human history—it ended feudalism, created labor shortages that raised workers' wages, and basically jump-started the modern world!
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