hydrophobia

(hī′drə fōbē ə)

noun

  1. an abnormal fear of water
  2. Origin: from the symptomatic inability to swallow liquids

    rabies

Origin: LL < Gr hydrophobia: see hydro- & -phobia

See hydrophobia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An abnormal fear of water.
  2. Rabies.

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