bubão — meaning in English

English meaning

• boil verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.

Senses

bubão is used for these senses in English:

• boil A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• bubo (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis.

boil — full definition

1. verb To heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to vapor.
2. noun A painful, swollen, pus-filled lump on the skin caused by infection.

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