A fear of drinking liquids because swallowing is so painful (as with persons having rabies)

• 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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., idroforbia , a symptom of rabies in man (sometimes used for the disease itself), from Late Latin hydrophobia (Celsius, 50 C.E.), from Greek hydrophobos "dreading water," from hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + phobos "dread, fear" ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pathology English) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; rabies itself. 2 (context psychology colloquial English) fear of water

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; "y`dwr water + ? fear: cf. F. hydrophobie.] (Med.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence: A viral disease trransmitted by a bite from, or inoculation with the saliva of, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids a morbid fear of water 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 ...