rabies
An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis…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.
» Tom died of rabies after having been bitten by a bat.
Том умер от бешенства после того, как его укусила летучая мышь.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Tollwut
бе́шенствоbéšenstvo
сказskaz
- 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
Examples
20 sentencesTom died of rabies after having been bitten by a bat.
ruТом умер от бешенства после того, как его укусила летучая мышь.
The dog has rabies.
Собака хворий на сказ.
You must be vaccinated against rabies.
ruВам нужно сделать прививку от бешенства.
deSie müssen gegen Tollwut geimpft werden.
Ziri's dog could have had rabies.
Ziri was a victim of rabies.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- 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:hydrophobialyssamadness
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable