rabies
noun/ˈreɪbiːz/
/ˈreɪbiːz/
[uncountable]- 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 problemsc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, from rabere ‘rave’.
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