rabies
Meanings
Noun
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.
Synonyms
Arctic dog disease, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness
Scrabble Score: 8
rabies is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordrabies is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rabies is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
rabies is a valid Words With Friends word