LYSSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lyssa mean? 

• LYSSA (noun)
  The noun LYSSA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: LYSSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hydrophobia; lyssa; madness; rabies

Hypernyms ("lyssa" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)