rabies

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/

Definition of rabies

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)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.

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Etymology

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

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