rabies
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.
noun
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(pathology) 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.
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