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rabies

ra·bies

UK/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/ US/ˈreɪbiz/ fairly common

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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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.

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