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Bubo sore

横痃 〔横痃〕héng xián

Swelling in the groin. At onset, it is the size of an almond; it can grow to the size of a goose’s egg, becoming hard, painful, and either red and scorching hot or mildly reddened and warm. It ruptures to exude pus.

Biomedical correspondence: corresponds to various kinds of lymphadenectasis (dilation or distension of a lymph node).

See red bayberry sore. Compare fish mouth; biàn toxin [sore].

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