Associations to the word «Hydrophobia»

Wiktionary

HYDROPHOBIA, noun. (pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; rabies itself.
HYDROPHOBIA, noun. (psychology) (colloquial) Fear of water

Dictionary definition

HYDROPHOBIA, noun. A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
HYDROPHOBIA, noun. A morbid fear of water.
HYDROPHOBIA, 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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn