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Rabies

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madnessnounThe state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
hydrophobianoun(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.

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madnessnounThe state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
hydrophobianoun(psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
sylvaticnounA wild animal
ragenounViolent uncontrolled anger.
rabnounA male given name, Scottish version of Rob, from Robert.
lyssanounA female given name.
fox rabies
sylvatic rabies
bat rabies
furious rabiesnounThe commonest form of rabies, characterised by hyperactivity and hydrophobia, and contrasted with the paralytic form.
paralytic rabies
dumb rabies
lyssophobianounThe fear of lyssa (rabies), or madness.
louping illnounAn enzootic and often fatal viral disease of sheep and other domestic animals, spread by ticks. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
lassa fevernoun(pathology) An acute, and often fatal, viral infection endemic to West Africa. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle aches, a skin rash, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, ulcers, heart and kidney failure.
neuroleptospirosisnoun(pathology) leptospirosis of the nervous system
st. hubert's diseasenoun(archaic) rabies
leptospirosisnounAn acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
louping-illnounAlternative form of louping ill. [An enzootic and often fatal viral disease of sheep and other domestic animals, spread by ticks. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.]
aujeszky's diseasenounSynonym of pseudorabies.

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