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单词 hydrophobia
释义

hydrophobia

noun

hy·​dro·​pho·​bia ˌhī-drə-ˈfō-bē-ə How to pronounce hydrophobia (audio)
1
: rabies
2
: a morbid dread of water

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Later symptoms include trouble swallowing, fear of water (hydrophobia), paralysis, seizure, coma, and eventual death. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2018 At that point, a person can show symptoms like confusion, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, insomnia, drooling, difficulty swallowing and hydrophobia, fear of water. Minali Nigam, CNN, 12 June 2019 Over time, symptoms that are more specific to brain dysfunction appear and may include difficulty sleeping, anxiety, confusion, hallucinations, agitation, partial paralysis, difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia, a fear of water. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2018

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Greek, from hydr- + -phobia -phobia

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

hydrophobia

noun

hy·​dro·​pho·​bia ˌhī-drə-ˈfō-bē-ə How to pronounce hydrophobia (audio)
1
: a morbid dread of water
2
a
: extreme fearfulness of swallowing liquids that is symptomatic of rabies and results from painful spasms of the throat
In classic cases, there is a fear of drinking liquids, or hydrophobia, despite thirst due to spasm of the throat muscles. Lawrence K. Altman, The New York Times
b
: rabies
Rabies victims at first feel a general malaise and restlessness, then grow increasingly agitated with painful spasms of the throat. … Soon they cannot drink, which is why rabies has been called "hydrophobia." Wayne Biddle, A Field Guide to Germs
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