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lyssa

British  
/ ˈlɪsə /

noun

  1. pathol a less common word for rabies

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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.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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