WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ra•bies /ˈreɪbiz/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable* used with a singular verb]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Pathologyan infectious, usually fatal disease of dogs, cats, and other warm-blooded animals, caused by a virus and passed on to humans by the bite of an infected animal.
ra•bies
(rā′bēz),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
rab•ic
(rab′ik, rā′bik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Pathologyan infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Latin rabiēs rage, madness, derivative of rabere to be mad, rave
- 1655–65
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