anti-rabies
adjective
(alsoantirabies)uk/ˌæn.tiˈreɪ.biːz/us/ˌæn.taɪˈreɪ.biːz/intendedtopreventrabies(= aseriousdiseaseof thenervoussystemthat cancausedeathand can bepassedtohumansbyanimals):
Anyone who may have been incontactwith theanimalwill be given aseriesof anti-rabiesshotstopreventinfection.
- Therescueworkersreceivedanti-rabiesinjections.
- Owners will have topayfor anti-rabiesvaccinesbefore they can takeanimalsabroad.
- Petsenteringthecountryfacesixmonthsinquarantineunder anti-rabiesregulations.
Zoology: veterinary medicine
- altered
- animal doctor
- castrate
- castrated
- castration
- cattery
- collar
- declaw
- distemper
- foam
- lame
- leptospirosis
- mange
- nosema
- putsomethingto sleepidiom
- putsomething/someonedown
- rescue centre
- scour
- veterinary
- veterinary surgeon
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