RABIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rabies mean? 

• RABIES (noun)
  The noun RABIES has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RABIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RABIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hydrophobia; lyssa; madness; rabies

Hypernyms ("rabies" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

 Context examples 

An IgG monoclonal antibody against rabies virus glycoprotein with anti-rabies activity.

(Foravirumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Some wild animals may carry rabies.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)

Studies have shown that viperin's expression inhibits a broad spectrum of disease-causing viruses, including hepatitis C, rabies and HIV-1.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Foravirumab targets rabies virus glycoprotein and prevents both attachment of the virus glycoprotein to host cell surfaces and viral entry.

(Foravirumab, NCI Thesaurus)

You can get rabies from an infected dog or toxoplasmosis from handling kitty litter of an infected cat.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)

This may prevent rabies infection.

(Foravirumab, NCI Thesaurus)