hydrophobia
1. [ noun ] (psychiatry) a fear of drinking liquids because swallowing is so painful (as with persons having rabies)
Related terms: simple_phobia
2. [ noun ] (medicine) a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
Related terms: symptom
3. [ noun ] (medicine) 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
Synonyms: madness lyssa rabies
Related terms: animal_disease zoonosis
Similar spelling:   hydrophobic
  hydrophobicity
  Hydrophidae
  hydrofoil
  hydroponic
  hydroplane
  hydrophyte
  hydropathy
  Hydrobates
  hydroponics
  hydrophytic
  hydrophilic
  hydropathic
  Hydrophyllum
  Hydrobatidae