rabies

  • 41rabies immune globulin — [USP] a specific immune globulin derived from plasma of human donors hyperimmunized with rabies vaccine; administered in conjunction with rabies vaccine in cases of bite or scratch exposure to animals known or suspected to be rabid …

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  • 42rabies vaccine — any of several inactivated viral vaccines against rabies; used for preexposure immunization to persons at high risk of exposure, such as veterinarians, and for postexposure prophylaxis in conjunction with rabies immune globulin. The currently… …

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  • 43rabies virus — Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia …

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  • 44rabies encephalitis — encephalitis caused by infection with rabies virus, characterized by agitation, delirium, muscle spasms, seizures, and usually death …

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  • 45rabies virus — a virus of the genus Lyssavirus that causes rabies …

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  • 46rabies — (ra bĭz) An acute infectious disease of the central nervous system, which affects all warm blooded animals (including humans). It is caused by an ssRNA virus belonging to the genus Lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae …

    Dictionary of microbiology

  • 47rabies — noun /ˈɹei.biz/ A viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death …

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  • 48Rabies — Ra|bi|es 〈f.; ; unz.〉 = Tollwut * * * Rabi|es   [lateinisch »Wut«, »Tollheit«] die, , die Tollwut.   * * * Ra|bi|es, die; (Med.): Tollwut …

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  • 49Rabies — (Hunde)galskab, raseri …

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  • 50rabies — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hydrophobia, lyssa; foaming at the mouth. See disease, insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hydrophobia, canine madness, lyssa; see disease …

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