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rabies (iou)



rabies noun. L16.
[Latin, from rabere be mad.]
A contagious virus disease that affects the central nervous system of warm-blooded animals and is transmitted to humans in saliva, esp. by dog bites, causing throat spasm on swallowing, aversion to water, convulsions, paralysis, and death. Also called hydrophobia.
rabic ['rab-] adjective pertaining to, caused by, or affected with rabies L19.
rabious adjective (arch.) [Latin rabiosus] rabid E17.

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