lyssa

Noun

lys=sa

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lyssa(n = noun.state) hydrophobia, madness, rabies - 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;

is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease

lyssa, n. [NL. See Lytta.].

Hydrophobia. [1913 Webster]

" The plural (Lyssæ) has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia." [1913 Webster]