having rabies
1Rabies — eMedicine2|ped|1974 MeshID = D011818Rabies (from la. rabies, “madness, rage, fury.” Also known as “hydrophobia”) is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in mammals. It is most commonly… …
2rabies — rabic /rab ik, ray bik/, adj. /ray beez/, n. Pathol. an 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 …
3Prevalence of rabies — Almost all human deaths caused by rabies originate from Asia and Africa. There are an estimated 55,000 human deaths annually from rabies worldwide, with about 31,000 in Asia, and 24,000 in Africa. [“Rabies” (2006) World Health Organisation. [http …
4rab´id|ness — rab|id «RAB ihd», adjective. 1. unreasonably extreme; fanatical; violent: »The rebels are rabid idealists. SYNONYM(S): impassioned. 2. furious; raging: »He was rabid with anger. SYNONYM( …
5rab´id|ly — rab|id «RAB ihd», adjective. 1. unreasonably extreme; fanatical; violent: »The rebels are rabid idealists. SYNONYM(S): impassioned. 2. furious; raging: »He was rabid with anger. SYNONYM( …
6rab|id — «RAB ihd», adjective. 1. unreasonably extreme; fanatical; violent: »The rebels are rabid idealists. SYNONYM(S): impassioned. 2. furious; raging: »He was rabid with anger. SYNONYM( …
7rabid — [rab′id; ] for 3, occas. [ rā′bid] adj. [L rabidus < rabere, to rage, prob. < IE base * rabh , to be violent, raging > Sans rábhas , violence, force, L rabies, madness] 1. violent; raging 2. fanatic or unreasonably zealous in beliefs,… …
8Quarantine — The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics, quarantine as one of the few available means for halting the spread of infectious diseases. It is still employed as needed, for example,… …
9mad — [mad] adj. madder, maddest [ME madd, aphetic < OE gemæd, pp. of (ge)mædan, to make mad, akin to Goth gamaiths, crippled, OS gimēd, foolish < IE * mait < base * mai , to hew, cut off > Goth maitan, to hew, Gr mitylos, dehorned] 1.… …
10neurotropic — Having an affinity for, or growing towards, neural tissue. Rabies virus, which localizes in neurons, is referred to as neurotropic; can also be used to refer to chemicals …
