hydrophobia

/ˌˈhaɪdrəˌˈfoʊbiə/

Foaming at the mouth? Terrified of drinking water? You're displaying all the signs of hydrophobia, a common symptom of rabies. Unfortunately by this point you're probably beyond curing. Or reading online definitions.

Take hydro (meaning "water") and phobia (meaning "fear") and you have hydrophobia — a fear of water. This could be a purely psychological issue that started in the lake at summer camp, or it could be physically motivated by disease — such as rabies.

Definitions of hydrophobia

1. noun

   a morbid fear of water
   type of:

   simple phobia

   any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
2. noun

   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

   type of:

   zoonosis, zoonotic disease

   an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
3. noun

   a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
   type of:

   symptom

   (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease