Associations to the word «Lyssa»

Wiktionary

LYSSA, proper noun. A female given name
LYSSA, noun. Rabies

Dictionary definition

LYSSA, noun. 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.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.