Synonyms for rabies
ˈreɪ bizra·bies

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1. rabiesnoun

   Synonyms:
   hydrophobia

2. rabiesnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   hydrophobia

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1. rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madnessnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   lyssa, insaneness, fury, rage, rabidity, hydrophobia, madness, rabidness, foolishness, lunacy, folly, craziness

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1. • Zoonosis

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1. rabiesnoun

   Synonyms:
   hydrophobia

   Associated words:
   rabid, rabietic, hydrophobic, antihydrophobic

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1. List of paraphrases for "rabies":

   rage

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1. Professor Nel:

   No one should die of rabies.

2. Emelye Bunny:

   Australia is definitely the most complicated and strictest place to get a pet to, you have two things that are the first to be done: a rabies injection, a month's wait after then a blood test to ensure it has been effective.

3. Emily Pieracci:

   We've been seeing cases in people in United States who seem to not really be aware that rabies can be transmitted by wildlife, especially bats, a lot of times, bat bites and scratches are very tiny. So a lot of people will try to hold a bat and they don't realize that bat has bitten.

4. Caitlin Cossaboom:

   Anthrax is only one of many, many diseases that are zoonotic, meaning they can be spread between animals and humans, some examples of this include rabies, which can be spread through bites from infected animals to humans, and rabies, also like anthrax, can be controlled by controlling it in animals.

5. Bonnie Henry:

   There is no evidence that I am aware of that shows Lyssin has any therapeutic benefit, more importantly, I am concerned that if a product did actually contain what is suggested, saliva from a rabid dog, that would put the patient at risk of contracting rabies, a serious, fatal illness.