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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hydrophobia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | lyssa, madness, rabies |
| Type of | zoonosis, zoonotic disease |
hydrophobia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | simple phobia |
hydrophobia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | symptom |
Examples of hydrophobia
hydrophobia
Such Gallic hydrophobia does not apply, however, to bottled mineral water.
From the time.com
The greater this angle the higher the degree of hydrophobia of the surface in question.
From the sciencedaily.com
I am fully aware of the etymological derivation of hydrophobia.
From the newscientist.com
Misinformation was a frequent bedfellow of hydrophobia.
From the stltoday.com
Symptoms are varied and occasionally dramatic, such as the fear of swallowing water known as hydrophobia.
From the washingtonpost.com
What useful purpose is served by rabies and hydrophobia?
From the scienceblogs.com
It's a property called super hydrophobia and it's been examined seriously by scientists since at least the 1930s.
From the sciencedaily.com
Hydrophobia Prophecy for the PS3 via Playstation Network is the ultimate version of this phenominal action adventure.
From the newsday.com
My first personal achievement was when I was able to overcome my fear of hydrophobia and continue to learn how to swim.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
- A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
- A morbid fear of water
- Rabies: 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
- Hydrophobia is an upcoming 2010 survival-adventure video game developed by Dark Energy Digital and published by Microsoft Game Studios on Xbox Live Arcade. ...
- To dream that you are afflicted with hydrophobia, denotes enemies and change of business. To see others thus afflicted, your work will be interrupted by death or ungrateful dependence. ...
- 1. Literally, an irrational fear of water, to drink or to swim in. Someone who is scared of the water is hydrophobic. 2. A term once commonly used for rabies because in the later stages of that disease, the animal (or person) has difficulty swallowing and so fears a drink of water. ...
- Rabies. Hydrophobia is the primary symptom of rabies.
- A less-common synonym for rabies, a bacterial infection that is spread from the saliva of an infected animal
- It is usually caused by the bite of a mad dog. It is an incurable disease. Once it develops, the patient dies of it. It can be prevented by injections discovered by Pasteur. Injections are known as ARV (Antirabic venom)
