Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
race meeting
race off
race record
race-walk
race walking
racecar
racecard
racecourse
racegoer
racehorse
racemate
raceme
racemic
racemic acid
racemization
racemose
racer
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

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
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft