rabies

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hydrophobia

lyssa

madness

canine madness

rage

😡

ragging

wrath

irefulness

anger

💢

woodness

distemper

furiousness

fury

rabidness

Translations

rage

😡

rabia

😡

Tollwut

rabbia

💢

raiva

💢

hondsdolheid

λύσσα

ràbia

💢

داء الكلب

idrofobia

kuduz

razernij

😡

rabies

😡

hidrofobia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/

Etymology

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