hydrophobia
/hahy-druh-foh-bee-uh/US // ˌhaɪ drəˈfoʊ bi ə //UK // (ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə) //
恐水症,憎水症,恐高症,瘈疭症
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an extreme dread or fear of water, especially when associated with painful involuntary throat spasms from a rabies infection.Compare aquaphobia.
- : rabies.
Examples
Perhaps because of these factors, even today, blacks appear to be more prone to hydrophobia than whites.
I found here a contradiction to the vulgar opinion, that hydrophobia is not known in Brazil.
Rabies or hydrophobia is a disease which claims a certain number of victims every year in our large cities.
There is a false hydrophobia observed in excitable persons that have been bitten by a dog thought to be mad.
The snarling, biting, and barking of false hydrophobia are hysterical; these symptoms do not occur in real hydrophobia.
How many panaceas have been offered without success for two evils—sea-sickness and hydrophobia!
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