Path. Pl. lyssæ. [mod.L., a. Gr. λύσσα rage, rabies. Cf. LYTTA.]
1. Rabies or hydrophobia.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lyssa or Lytta, madness, properly of a dog.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
1822–34. Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), II. 141. Inflammation of the lungs is … occasionally found as a symptom or sequel in … lyssa, or canine madness. Ibid., III. 294. Ammonia was formerly employed in cases of lyssa.
1864. in Webster; and in later Dicts.
2. pl. Used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
1864. in Webster.
1889. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
Hence Lyssic a. Path., pertaining to rabies.
1856. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1902. in Webster, Suppl.
