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noun (n)

• 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(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  hydrophobia, lyssa, madness
  

  source: wordnet30
• Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.(noun)

  source: webster1913