Meanings
- uncountablemedicineAn 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.
Synonyms: Arctic dog disease, hydrophobia, lyssa
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrabiēs“rage, madness, fury”
- Englishrabies
Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.
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Afrikaans hondsdolheid
- hondsdolheidviral disease
Arabic كَلَب, دَاء اَلْكَلَب
- كَلَب (kalab)viral disease
- دَاء اَلْكَلَب (dāʔ al-kalab)viral disease
Bengali জলাতঙ্ক
- জলাতঙ্ক (jolatoṅko)viral disease
Bulgarian бяс
- бяс (bjas)viral disease
Catalan ràbia
- ràbiaviral disease
Chinese Mandarin 狂犬病
- 狂犬病 (kuángquǎnbìng)viral disease
Czech vzteklina
- vzteklinaviral disease
Danish hundegalskab, rabies
- hundegalskabviral disease
- rabiesviral disease
Dutch hondsdolheid, rabiës
- hondsdolheidviral disease
- rabiësviral disease
Estonian marutaud
- marutaudviral disease
Finnish vesikauhu, raivotauti
- vesikauhuviral disease
- raivotautiviral disease
French rage
- rageviral disease
German Tollwut
- Tollwutviral disease
Greek λύσσα
- λύσσα (lýssa)viral disease
Hebrew כַּלֶּבֶת
- כַּלֶּבֶת (kallevet)viral disease
Hindi हलकाव
- हलकाव (halkāv)viral disease
Hungarian veszettség
- veszettségviral disease
Indonesian rabies, anjing gila
- rabiesviral disease
- anjing gilaviral disease
Irish confadh
- confadhviral disease
Italian rabbia
- rabbiaviral disease
Japanese 狂犬病
- 狂犬病 (kyōkenbyō)viral disease
Korean 광견병
- 광견병 (gwanggyeonbyeong)viral disease
Lithuanian pasiutligė
- pasiutligėviral disease
Malay penyakit anjing gila, gila anjing
- penyakit anjing gilaviral disease
- gila anjingviral disease
- rabiesviral disease
Norwegian hundegalskap, rabies
- hundegalskapviral disease
- rabiesviral disease
Persian هاری
- هاریviral disease
Polish wścieklizna
- wściekliznaviral disease
Portuguese raiva
- raivaviral disease
Punjabi ہلک, ਹਲਕ
- ہلک (hlk)viral disease
- ਹਲਕ (halak)viral disease
Romanian turbare, rabie
- turbareviral disease
- rabieviral disease
Russian бе́шенство
- бе́шенство (béšenstvo)viral disease
Slovak besnota
- besnotaviral disease
Spanish rabia
- rabiaviral disease
Swedish rabies
- rabiesviral disease
Tagalog rabis
- rabisviral disease
Tamil நாய்க்கடிசன்னி
- நாய்க்கடிசன்னி (nāykkaṭicaṉṉi)viral disease
Thai พิษสุนัขบ้า
- พิษสุนัขบ้า (pít-sù-nák-bâa)viral disease
Turkish kuduz
- kuduzviral disease
Ukrainian сказ
- сказ (skaz)viral disease
Urdu ہلکاؤ
- ہلکاؤviral disease
Vietnamese dại, bệnh dại
- dạiviral disease
- bệnh dạiviral disease
Yiddish וואַסערשרעק
- וואַסערשרעק (vasershrek)viral disease
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
rabies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabies
“rabies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabies. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rabies,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabies.
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