释义 |
ra·bies \ˈrā]bēz sometimes ˈra] or ]ˌb-\ noun (plural rabies) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, rage, madness, from rabere to rave : an acute virus disease of warm-blooded animals that attacks chiefly the nervous system, is uniformly fatal when untreated, and is transmitted with infected saliva usually through the bite of a rabid animal — see dumb rabies, furious rabies, pasteur treatment |