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hydrophobia
noun
1 hydrophobia
A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
Roget 867:
dislike,
distaste,
disrelish,
disinclination,
displacency†.
reluctance;
backwardness
etc.
(unwillingness)
603.
repugnance,
disgust,
queasiness,
turn,
nausea,
loathing;
averseness†,
aversation†,
aversion;
abomination,
antipathy,
abhorrence,
horror;
mortal antipathy,
rooted antipathy,
mortal horror,
rooted horror;
hatred,
detestation;
hate
etc.
898;
animosity
etc.
900;
hydrophobia;
canine madness;
byssa†,
xenophobia.
sickener†;
gall and wormwood
etc.
(unsavory)
395;
shuddering,
cold sweat.
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2 hydrophobia
A morbid fear of water.
Polish: hydrofobia, wodowstręt
3 hydrophobia
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: lyssa, madness, rabies.
Dutch: watervrees, hondsdolheid, rabies, rabiës, razernij
Polish: hydrofobia, wodowstręt, wścieklizna
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