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.

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