Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lyssa"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lyssa \Lys"sa\ (l[i^]s"s[.a]), n. [NL. See {Lytta}.] (Med.)
Hydrophobia.

Note: The plural (Lyss[ae]) has been used to signify the
pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in
hydrophobia.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lyssa
n : 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
[syn: {rabies}, {hydrophobia}, {madness}]

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