anti-rabies

an·ti-ra·bies

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Definition of anti-rabies word

noun anti-rabies 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. 1

before 1655

One of the 46% oldest English words

1655-65; < Latin rabiēs rage, madness, derivative of rabere to be mad, rave

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