[f. late L. bubōn-em (see prec.) BUBO + -IC.]
That is attended with the appearance of buboes.
1871. Echo, 15 Aug. The bubonic disease in Khorassan.
1886. Athenæum, 25 Sept., 405/2. A list of the dates of the appearance of the famous bubonic plague from A.D. 252 down to
1837.