Definition of hydrophobia
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a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
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symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
a morbid fear of water
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simple phobia
any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
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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zoonosis, zoonotic disease
an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans