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lyssa

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lyssa [ˈlɪsə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a less common word for rabies
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Noun1.lyssa - 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
rabies, madness, hydrophobia
zoonosis, zoonotic disease - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans


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Lyssa Steponaitis, program coordinator Peer Listening Line and GLBT Helpline Boston, Mass.
Can you hear me now? by Becker, Brad / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Army nurse Lyssa Lenske of West Hills up on news from home during her nine-month tour of duty in Uzbekistan, her recent e-mail to family and friends gives us a humorous, candid glimpse of what life is like for some of our troops over there.
ARMY NURSE ADAPTING TO UZBEKISTAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The dictionary alleges that lyssa virus is to be a synonym for Rabies virus, but whereas Rabies virus is a lyssavirus (a member of the genus Lyssavirus), there are many lyssaviruses, only one of which is Rabies virus.
Dictionary of Virology, Third Edition by Calisher, Charles H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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