What is the meaning of hydrophobia?

noun

  • A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
  • A morbid fear of water.
  • 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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