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ra·bies    Audio Help   [rey-beez] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pathology.
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.

[Origin: 1655–65; < L rabiés rage, madness, deriv. of rabere to be mad, rave]

rab·ic    Audio Help   [rab-ik, rey-bik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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ra·bies    Audio Help   (rā'bēz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An acute, infectious, often fatal viral disease of most warm-blooded animals, especially wolves, cats, and dogs, that attacks the central nervous system and is transmitted by the bite of infected animals.


[Latin rabiēs, rage, from rabere, to rave.]

ra'bi·et'ic (-ět'ĭk) adj.
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rabies 
1598, from L. rabies "madness, rage, fury," related to rabere "be mad, rave" (see rage). Sense of "madness in dogs" was a secondary meaning in L.

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rabies

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 

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rabies [ˈreibiːz] noun
a disease that causes madness (and usually death) in dogs and other animals (including humans)
Arabic: داء الكَلَب
Chinese (Simplified): 狂犬病
Chinese (Traditional): 狂犬病
Czech: vzteklina
Danish: rabies; hundegalskab
Dutch: hondsdolheid
Estonian: marutaud
Finnish: vesikauhu
French: rage
German: die Tollwut
Greek: λύσσα
Hungarian: veszettség
Icelandic: hundaæði
Indonesian: rabies
Italian: rabbia
Japanese: 狂犬病
Korean: 광견병
Latvian: trakumsērga
Lithuanian: pasiutligė
Norwegian: hundegalskap, rabies
Polish: wścieklizna
Portuguese (Brazil): raiva
Portuguese (Portugal): raiva
Romanian: turbare
Russian: бешенство
Slovak: besnota
Slovenian: steklina
Spanish: rabia
Swedish: rabies
Turkish: kuduz (hastalığı)
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rabies    Audio Help   (rā'bēz)  Pronunciation Key 
A usually fatal infectious disease of warm-blooded animals caused by a virus of the genus Lyssavirus that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. It is transmitted by the bite of an infected animal, such as a dog or bat and can be prevented in humans by a vaccine. See Note at hydrophobia.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
rabies [(ray-beez)]

An acute disease, caused by a virus, which attacks the central nervous system and results in paralysis and death if not treated promptly. Rabies is transmitted to humans by the bite of an animal infected with the disease.


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Rabies

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