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