lyssa


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lyssa

(ˈlɪsə)
n
(Pathology) pathol a less common word for rabies
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Noun1.lyssa - an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal)lyssa - 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
zoonosis, zoonotic disease - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
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Lyssa Alaina Taylor and Brandon Boyd Weatherly were married in Nashville, Tennessee, on the grounds of Cedarwood Historic Mansion at half past five o'clock in the evening on April 28, 2012.
By what name is the disease lyssa more commonly known?
Contact Sue on 07957 531346, www.slimmingworld.com Bootle Lyssa Leigh (ODVA) May 12.
During the last 5 years the country had outbreaks of such dangerous infectious animal diseases as brucellosis, foot and mouth disease, anthrax, pasteurellosis, pox, lyssa that required huge efforts and funds.
Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Lyssa Hogarty, Jamie Benner and Ryssa Eaton, all of Hoquiam and Kerie Blackburn of Springfield; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Lia shrieked: "It's always good fun," before saying cryptically she and Lyssa were going to "wind our waists in a Bristol stylee."
If the play has a shelf life, it will be about what happened to this woman, Lyssa Dent Hughes, at this time.
Marissa Ruado (Masbate), Daphne Kyara Marie Algrame (Negros Oriental), Jennifer Lemaitre (Laguna), Jewel Palacat (Ilocos Sur), Shaila Rebortera (Cebu), Merrielle Sarmiento (Oriental Mindoro), Femush Lyssa Maynes (Nueva Vizcaya), Elaiza Monica Mascarinas (Compostela Valley), Eloiza Canlas (Pampanga), Lesly Joy Sim (Quezon Province), Alyssa Angelica Dacuno (Samar), Trissia Aldave (Camarines Sur), Ivory Felix Calampinay (Malabon), Elisha Libres (Davao del Sur), Joanna Kalkschmidt (Capiz), Zane Anne Deza Parel (Isabela), Lady Justerinnie Santos (Bulacan).