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rabies

noun

1 rabies

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.

synonyms: hydrophobia, lyssa, madness.

Roget 503: disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased mind, unsound mind, abnormal mind; derangement, unsoundness; psychosis; neurosis; cognitive disorder; affective disorder.    insanity, lunacy; madness ... show more

Dutch: watervrees, hondsdolheid, rabies, rabiës, razernij
Polish: hydrofobia, wodowstręt, wścieklizna


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Texas fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, aphthous fever, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, bighead, black death, black fever, black quarter, blackleg ... show more.

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