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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm- blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain [syn: rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lyssa Lys"sa (l[i^]s"s[.a]), n. [NL. See Lytta.] (Med.) Hydrophobia. Note: The plural (Lyss[ae]) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Hydrophobia.