hydrophobia

[ hahy-druh-foh-bee-uh ]

/ ˌhaɪ drəˈfoʊ bi ə /

noun

an extreme dread or fear of water, especially when associated with painful involuntary throat spasms from a rabies infection.Compare aquaphobia.

rabies.

Origin of hydrophobia

First recorded in 1540–50; from Late Latin, from Greek hydrophobía; see origin at hydro-¹, -phobia

Words nearby hydrophobia

hydrophane, hydrophilia, hydrophilic, hydrophilous, hydrophobe, hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hydrophone, hydrophyllaceous, hydrophyte, hydropic

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Example sentences from the Web for hydrophobia

A kind of hydrophobia of rage that wont listen to any reason but wants to break and tear and kill?
Cursed|George Allan England
Smallpox, yellow fever, and hydrophobia—the disease that results from the bite of a mad dog—are also probably due to animal germs.
A Handbook of Health|Woods Hutchinson
But I had not considered the chance of hydrophobia, which an Englishman is apt to forget all about.
A Spring Walk in Provence|Archibald Marshall
A Muhammadan cure for hydrophobia is to look down seven wells.
Beast and Man in India|John Lockwood Kipling

In your Legislature they have just been discussing a law against dogs, for now and then a man is bitten and dies of hydrophobia.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3)|Theodore Parker

British Dictionary definitions for hydrophobia

hydrophobia

/ (ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə) /

noun

another name for rabies

a fear of drinking fluids, esp that of a person with rabies, because of painful spasms when trying to swallowCompare aquaphobia

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Medical definitions for hydrophobia

hydrophobia

[ hī′drə-fō′bē-ə ]

n.

An abnormal fear of water.

Rabies.

Scientific definitions for hydrophobia

hydrophobia

[ hī′drə-fō′bē-ə ]

Abnormal fear of water.

Rabies.

Word History

Hydrophobia is an older term for the disease rabies, and it means fear of water. Because of this name, many people think that rabies makes one afraid of water. In fact, this is not the case (although rabies does cause mental confusion of other kinds). The name hydrophobia comes from the fact that animals and people with rabies get spasms in their throat muscles that are so painful that they cannot eat or drink, and so will refuse water in spite of being very thirsty.

单词	hydrophobia
释义	hydrophobia [ hahy-druh-foh-bee-uh ] / ˌhaɪ drəˈfoʊ bi ə / noun an extreme dread or fear of water, especially when associated with painful involuntary throat spasms from a rabies infection.Compare aquaphobia. rabies. Origin of hydrophobia First recorded in 1540–50; from Late Latin, from Greek hydrophobía; see origin at hydro-¹, -phobia Words nearby hydrophobia hydrophane, hydrophilia, hydrophilic, hydrophilous, hydrophobe, hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hydrophone, hydrophyllaceous, hydrophyte, hydropic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hydrophobia A kind of hydrophobia of rage that wont listen to any reason but wants to break and tear and kill? Cursed\|George Allan England Smallpox, yellow fever, and hydrophobia—the disease that results from the bite of a mad dog—are also probably due to animal germs. A Handbook of Health\|Woods Hutchinson But I had not considered the chance of hydrophobia, which an Englishman is apt to forget all about. A Spring Walk in Provence\|Archibald Marshall A Muhammadan cure for hydrophobia is to look down seven wells. Beast and Man in India\|John Lockwood Kipling In your Legislature they have just been discussing a law against dogs, for now and then a man is bitten and dies of hydrophobia. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3)\|Theodore Parker British Dictionary definitions for hydrophobia hydrophobia / (ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə) / noun another name for rabies a fear of drinking fluids, esp that of a person with rabies, because of painful spasms when trying to swallowCompare aquaphobia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for hydrophobia hydrophobia [ hī′drə-fō′bē-ə ] n. An abnormal fear of water. Rabies. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for hydrophobia hydrophobia [ hī′drə-fō′bē-ə ] Abnormal fear of water. Rabies. Word History Hydrophobia is an older term for the disease rabies, and it means fear of water. Because of this name, many people think that rabies makes one afraid of water. In fact, this is not the case (although rabies does cause mental confusion of other kinds). The name hydrophobia comes from the fact that animals and people with rabies get spasms in their throat muscles that are so painful that they cannot eat or drink, and so will refuse water in spite of being very thirsty. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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