lyssa

/ ˈlɪsə /

noun

1. pathol a less common word for rabies

Example Sentences

In Homer’s Iliad, the Trojan warrior Hector experiences this murderous rage the Greeks called “lyssa” — the same word used to describe rabies in medical texts.

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This disease was known to the ancients, and the Greek term for rabies was lyssa, referred to several times by Homer, when Hector is compared to a mad dog by Teucer and Ulysses.

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