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An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal)
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hydrophobia
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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 ...
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
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, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hydrophobia or hydrophobe may refer to:
Usage examples of hydrophobia.
The chances of getting hydrophobia from the bites of mad wolves are eight out of ten: out of these nineteen Russians, fifteen were sure to die.
We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee -- the madness -- and run.
It could become so, and the yeast of canine madness, remaining in the body of the person who was bit, would draw to itself the spirits of hydrophobia.
It was thought at first that the animals were a special variety, known as the hydrophobia skunk.
Deceased had a misunderstanding with a hydrophobia skunk, so I'm informed.
I confess that on this occasion I was seised with a violent hydrophobia.