ALL meanings of rabies
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R r - noun rabies disease: hydrophobia 1
- noun rabies A contagious and fatal viral disease of dogs and other mammals that causes madness and convulsions, transmissible through the saliva to humans. 1
- noun 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
- uncountable noun rabies Rabies is a serious disease which causes people and animals to go mad and die. Rabies is particularly common in dogs. 0
- noun rabies an acute infectious viral disease of the nervous system transmitted by the saliva of infected animals, esp dogs. It is characterized by excessive salivation, aversion to water, convulsions, and paralysis 0
- noun rabies an acute, infectious viral disease of mammals, that attacks the central nervous system: it can be transmitted to people through the bite of an infected animal and is characterized by choking, convulsions, inability to swallow, etc. 0