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rabies

noun
🔊/ˈreɪbiːz/
🔊/ˈreɪbiːz/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a disease of dogs and other animals that causes madness and death. Animals with the disease can pass it to humans by biting them. 狂犬病；恐水症compare hydrophobiaTopics Illnessc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, from rabere ‘rave’.