Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lyssa

1 sense of lyssa

Sense 1
rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness -- (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)
       => zoonosis, zoonotic disease -- (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

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