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hydrophobia
[ hahy-druh-foh-bee-uh ]
noun
- an extreme dread or fear of water, especially when associated with painful involuntary throat spasms from a rabies infection. Compare aquaphobia.
hydrophobia
/ ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə /
noun
- another name for rabies
- a fear of drinking fluids, esp that of a person with rabies, because of painful spasms when trying to swallow Compare aquaphobia
hydrophobia
/ hī′drə-fō′bē-ə /
- Abnormal fear of water.
- Rabies.
Other Words From
- hy·dro·pho·bic adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hydrophobia1
Word History
Example Sentences
The dog or monkey or raccoon infected with rabies becomes wildly thirsty — yet at the same time also suffers from hydrophobia.
One central symptom of the disease is hydrophobia, a fear of water.
Joining anxieties such as claustrophobia and hydrophobia, xenophobia appeared in medical dictionaries of the time as “the morbid dread of meeting strangers.”
Its devastating ending saw Old Yeller get “hydrophobia,” or rabies, forcing the family to put him down.
Indeed, humans who suffer rabies experience hydrophobia and difficulty swallowing, which lets the virus build up in the victims' mouth.
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