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rabies

[ US /ˈɹeɪbiz/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈe‍ɪbɪz/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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

How To Use rabies In A Sentence

  • The rabies vaccine is extremely effective but you can avoid the disease by keeping away any animal that isn't a pet. The Sun
  • Also well known is hydrophobia, literally ‘fear of water ‘, as a name for rabies, which sometimes appears to cause such a sensation in sufferers because it makes the throat swell and so it becomes difficult for the victim to swallow.’
  • It said diseases like rabies were a'real threat '. The Sun
  • The rabies injection has to be given 21 days ahead of a journey, to allow time for the second booster injection. Times, Sunday Times
  • The report, which covers 15 zoonotic infections, also provides data on other zoonoses, such as brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis and rabies, and the two parasitic zoonoses trichinellosis and echinococcosis. Food IngredientsFIrst News
  • The authorities have all but ruled out rabies as a cause of death.
  • It has been estimated that 30 000 cattle die annually in Brazil from RV infections, where sylvatic rabies is usually transmitted to cattle via a bite from a vampire bat.
  • Animal research has led to vaccines for rabies, smallpox, rubella, measles and anthrax.
  • Words Containing One Basic Root canine cynic ` dog 'febrile pyretic ` fever' lingual glossal ` tongue 'peculiar idiotic ` one's own, private' popular demotic ` people 'position thesis ` place, put' rabies mania ` madness 'regal basilic ` king' risible gelastic ` laugh 'scientism gnosticism ` know' stellar astral ` star 'terrene chthonic ` earth' testis orchid ` testis ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3
  • Rabies is endemic in the majority of warm-blooded mammals in Thailand, including rats and mice, cat's favourite prey.
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