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# rabies

«rabies» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very dangerous disease that animals such as dogs, bats…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rabies — uncountable, used with a singular verb)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rabies is a very dangerous disease that animals such as dogs, bats, foxes and raccoons can pass to people, usually by biting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#m1)

2) It attacks the brain and nerves, and without quick treatment it nearly always kills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons rabies is why you never touch wild animals or strange dogs, and why a bite or scratch must be told to an adult and checked by a doctor at once; pets get rabies shots. Phrases: «a rabies vaccination», «rabies shot», «catch rabies», «tested for rabies».

### examples

- Rabies is spread through the bite of an infected animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x1)
- Our dog had his rabies shot at the vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x2)
- Never touch a bat, even if it looks sick, because it might have rabies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x3)
- If an animal bites you, tell an adult straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x4)
- A doctor can give injections that stop rabies if you go quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x5)
- Some countries, such as the UK, have no rabies in their land animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x6)
- An animal with rabies may act strangely or very angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/#x7)

### note

Ends in -s but is not plural: «Rabies is dangerous». No «a rabies». Pronounced RAY-beez. Myth: rabies only comes from dogs — bats, foxes, raccoons and skunks can carry it too. Treatment works only if given soon after the bite.

### In the corpora

- [In many countries street dogs can carry rabies, a deadly virus in the spit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/6/)
- [Rabies is a virus carried in the spit of infected animals, and in many countries street dogs are the main source.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/11/)
- [Once a person is ill with rabies it almost always kills, but vaccine given quickly after a bite stops it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/12/)
- [Never touch a bat; some bats carry rabies or similar viruses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/11/)
- [Bats can carry rabies, a disease that is deadly once symptoms start but can be prevented with injections given soon after a bite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rabies» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabies/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.