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lyssa

/ ˈlɪsə /

noun

  1. pathol a less common word for rabies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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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