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lyssa

UK/ˈlɪs.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λύσσα (lússa).

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