rabies
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rabies /ˈreɪbiːz, -ɪz/
▶noun a dangerous viral disease of dogs and other mammals, transmissible through the saliva to humans and causing madness and convulsions.
– origin C16: from L., from rabere ‘rave’.
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