rabies
nounUK /ˈreɪbiːz/
US /ˈreɪbiz/
A serious sickness that animals can give to people through a bite.
The doctor gave the boy shots to protect him from rabies after a dog bit him.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A deadly viral disease of the nervous system that affects animals like dogs, bats, and raccoons.
Raccoons in the forest can carry rabies.
3. Extreme anger or madness, used in older or literary writing.
He shouted with the rabies of a man who had lost everything.
4. The virus that causes the disease, passed through saliva.
Scientists study rabies in the lab to make better vaccines.