'Hydrophobia' definitions:
Definition of 'hydrophobia'
From: WordNet
noun
A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
noun
A morbid fear of water
noun
Definition of 'Hydrophobia'
From: GCIDE
- Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; "y`dwr water + ? 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hydrophobia'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute articular rheumatism,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- amathophobia,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- anthrax,
- aphthous fever,
- Asiatic cholera,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- bighead,
- black death,
- black fever,
- black quarter,
- blackleg,
- blackwater,
- blackwater fever,
- blennophobia,
- blind staggers,
- bloody flux,
- breakbone fever,
- broken wind,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- cachectic fever,
- canine madness,
- cattle plague,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- chaetophobia,
- Chagres fever,
- charbon,
- chicken pox,
- cholera,
- cowpox,
- dandy fever,
- deer fly fever,
- dengue,
- dengue fever,
- diphtheria,
- distemper,
- dumdum fever,
- dysentery,
- elephantiasis,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- enteric fever,
- erysipelas,
- famine fever,
- five-day fever,
- flu,
- foot-and-mouth disease,
- frambesia,
- furious rabies,
- gapes,
- German measles,
- glanders,
- glandular fever,
- grippe,
- hansenosis,
- Haverhill fever,
- heaves,
- hemaphobia,
- hematophobia,
- hepatitis,
- herpes,
- herpes simplex,
- herpes zoster,
- histoplasmosis,
- hog cholera,
- hoof-and-mouth disease,
- hookworm,
- infantile paralysis,
- infectious mononucleosis,
- inflammatory rheumatism,
- influenza,
- jail fever,
- jungle rot,
- kala azar,
- kissing disease,
- koniophobia,
- lepra,
- leprosy,
- leptospirosis,
- liver rot,
- loa loa,
- loaiasis,
- lockjaw,
- loco,
- loco disease,
- locoism,
- mad staggers,
- madness,
- malaria,
- malarial fever,
- malignant catarrh,
- malignant catarrhal fever,
- malignant pustule,
- mange,
- marsh fever,
- measles,
- megrims,
- meningitis,
- milzbrand,
- monophobia,
- mumps,
- ornithosis,
- osteomyelitis,
- panphobia,
- paratuberculosis,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parotitis,
- parrot fever,
- pertussis,
- pip,
- pneumonia,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyarthritis rheumatism,
- ponos,
- pseudotuberculosis,
- psittacosis,
- quarter evil,
- rabbit fever,
- rabies,
- rat-bite fever,
- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rickettsialpox,
- rinderpest,
- ringworm,
- rot,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scabies,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
- septic sore throat,
- sheep rot,
- shingles,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepy sickness,
- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- staggers,
- strep throat,
- stringhalt,
- sullen rabies,
- swamp fever,
- swine dysentery,
- tetanus,
- Texas fever,
- thrush,
- tinea,
- toxiphobia,
- toxophobia,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- vaccinia,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- viral dysentery,
- whooping cough,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster