rabies
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rabies
- /ˈɹeɪ.biːz/
Rhymes with -eɪbiːz
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.
noun
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An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
Similar: Arctic dog disease, hydrophobia, lyssa
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: madness, hydrophobia, sylvatic, rage, rab, lyssa, fox rabies, sylvatic rabies, bat rabies, furious rabies, paralytic rabies, dumb rabies, lyssophobia, louping ill, lassa fever, neuroleptospirosis
Translations
Every language
noun viral disease
| Español | rabia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 광견병 gwanggyeonbyeong |
| 日本語 | 狂犬病 kyōkenbyō |
| 中文 | 狂犬病 kuángquǎnbìng |
| हिन्दी | हलकाव halkāv |
| Português | raiva |
| Français | rage |
| Deutsch | Tollwut |
| Italiano | rabbia |
| Ελληνικά | λύσσα lýssa |
| Română | turbare, rabie |
| Русский | бе́шенство béšenstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | dại, bệnh dại |
| العربية | كَلَب kalab, دَاء اَلْكَلَب dāʔ al-kalab |
| עברית | כַּלֶּבֶת kallevet |
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title = {rabies},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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