Rabies
['reɪbiːz;-ɪz] or ['rebiz]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
Checker: Seymour--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
Typist: Manfred
Examples
- Pasteur's investigation of rabies began in this same year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Pasteur's investigation of rabies began in this same year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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