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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]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural rabies) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, madness, from rabere to rave — more at rage Date: circa 1598 an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a contagious and fatal viral disease esp. of dogs, transmissible through the saliva to humans etc. and causing madness and convulsions; hydrophobia. Etymology: L f. rabere rave

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rabies Ra"bi*es, n. [L. See Rage, n.] Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Rabies is a serious disease which causes people and animals to go mad and die. Rabies is particularly common in dogs.

Moby Thesaurus

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