noun. An acute, infectious, usually fatal viral disease of the central nervous system that is transmitted by the bite of infected animals and occurs in many mammals, including dogs, cats, raccoons, and bats.

noun. An extremely fatal infectious disease of man and many other animals, with predominant nervous symptoms.

noun. Same as hydrophobia (b); canine madness.

noun. A viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

noun. 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

"If canine rabies is a fearful subject to contemplate, there is a sadder and deeper significance in _rabies humana_; in that awful madness of the human race which is marked by a thirst for blood and a rage for destruction."

dumb rabies  

rabid  rabietic  

zoonosis  zoonotic disease  

babies  

`b'  adenovirus  descolada  dna-based  flu-like  

African lethargy  Asiatic cholera  Chagres fever  German measles  Haverhill fever  

hydrophobia