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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydrophobia
Hyˊdro-pho′bi-a
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] fear: cf. F. hydrophobie
.] (Med.)
(a)
An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
(b)
A viral disease trransmitted by a bite from, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and constriction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
[Written also
hydrophoby
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Hydrophobia
HYDROPHO'BIA
Definition 2024
hydrophobia
hydrophobia
English
Noun
hydrophobia (plural hydrophobias)
- (pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; rabies itself.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- Cato, who scorned both death and fortune, could not abide the sight of a looking glasse or of water; overcome with horrour, and quelled with amazement, if by the contagion of a mad dog he had fallen into that sicknesse which physitians call hydrophobia, or feare of waters.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- (psychology, colloquial) Fear of water
Usage notes
Fear of water is technically called aquaphobia, so not to be confused with rabies.
Translations
(pathology) rabies — See also translations at : rabies
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fear of water — See also translations at : aquaphobia
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.droˈpʰo.bi.a/, [hʏ.drɔˈpʰɔ.bi.a]
Noun
hydrophobia f (genitive hydrophobiae); first declension
Related terms
References
- hydrophobia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hydrophobia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.