rabies
nounHow many syllables in rabies?
There are 2 syllables in the word rabies.How to pronounce rabies:
Definition of rabies:
- rabies (noun):
- 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.
- an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species rabies virus of the genus lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
Synonyms for rabies:
hydrophobia
lyssa
madness
zoonosis
zoonotic disease
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