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raas
Rabat
rabbet
rabbi
rabbinate
Rabbinic Hebrew
rabbinical
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rabies
ra·bies [ ráy bz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
severe viral disease: an often fatal viral disease that affects the central nervous systems of most warm-blooded animals and is transmitted in the saliva of an infected animal. It causes convulsions, inability to move, and untypical behavior.
[Late 16th century. < Latin, "fury" < rabere "rave, be mad"]

ra·bic adjective
ra·bi·et·ic [ ràybee éttik ] adjective
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