different between rabies vs scabies

English

Etymology

From Latin rabi?s (“rage, madness, fury”), from rabi? (“I am angry, I am mad, I rave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.biz/
• Rhymes: -e?biz

Noun

rabies (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

Synonyms

• hydrophobia

Derived terms

• rabid
• rabietic

Translations

Further reading

• rabies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• rabies in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rabies at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Baiers, Serbia, braies, braise, rebias

Danish

Noun

rabies c (singular definite rabiesen, not used in plural form)

1. rabies

Declension

Synonyms

• hundegalskab

References

• “rabies” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

From rabi? +? -i?s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra.bi.e?s/, [?räbie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra.bi.es/, [?r??bi?s]

Noun

rabi?s f (genitive rabi??); fifth declension

1. rage
2. madness

Declension

• The genitive singular appears as rabi?s in Lucretius. The nominative, accusative and ablative singular are the only attested forms in Classical Latin.

Fifth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• rabidus

Descendants

• English: rabies, rage
• French: rage
• Italian: rabbia
• Portuguese: raiva
• Spanish: rabia

References

• rabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

rabies

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of rabiar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of rabiar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English scabies, scabiez, from Latin scabi?s (“scurf; scab, mange, itch”), from scab? (“scratch, scrape”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skei.biz/
• Rhymes: -e?biz

Noun

scabies (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is easily transmissible from human to human; secondary skin infection may occur.

Related terms

• scab
• scabrous

Translations

See also

• mange

Anagrams

• abscise, ecbasis

Latin

Etymology

From scab? (“scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ska.bi.e?s/, [?s?käbie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ska.bi.es/, [?sk??bi?s]

Noun

scabi?s f (genitive scabi??); fifth declension

1. roughness, scurf
2. mildew
3. scab, mange, itch
4. (figuratively) itching, longing, pruriency

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• scabidus
• scabiola
• scabi?sus
• scabit?d?

Related terms

• scaber
• scab?
• scobis

Descendants

• Aromanian: zgaibã
• English: scabies
• Italian: scabbia
• Romanian: scabie, zgaib?

References

• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scabies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scabies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette