rabies

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/
Etimologie (Engels)

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

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