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Definition of rabies noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rabies

noun
 
/ˈreɪbiːz/
 
/ˈreɪbiːz/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a disease of dogs and other animals that causes madness and death. Animals with the disease can pass it to humans by biting them. compare hydrophobiaTopics Health problemsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, from rabere ‘rave’.
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