Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Canine madness; rabies; hydrophobia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Hydrophobia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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It must me so much more satisfying tho to have built it yourself. lyssa, on March 22nd, 2009 at 8: 36 am Said:
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How do we define affirming boundaries, while keeping this from overrunning things? lyssa, on March 18th, 2009 at 11: 17 pm Said: kindly add to above:
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I will read and come back! xoxo lyssa, on March 20th, 2009 at 2: 50 pm Said:
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Othering and Centering (Jewish Family Driven Out Of Town By Christians) 2006
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Another Sexual Assault Story–an 11 Year Old Girl in Milwaukee 2006
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On Transgender, Transsexuals, and Entrenching the Binary Gender System 2006
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IM NOT THOUGH! oh. and lyssa charmed the people, and switched my name.
katebell Diary Entry katebell 2003
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Following Jenner's method of producing immunity by means of living, weakened causes of infection, Pasteur (1885) found a protection against lyssa, while Haffkine made experiments in 1895 to combat cholera with killed germs, and in 1897 similar experiments with the plague.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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