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< rabid

Rabin, Yitzhak >

ra·bies

z) KEY

NOUN:

An acute, infectious, often fatal viral disease of most warm-blooded animals, especially wolves, cats, and dogs, that attacks the central nervous system and is transmitted by the bite of infected animals.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin rabis, rage, from rabere, to rave

OTHER FORMS:
rabi·etic (-

k) KEY (Adjective)

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