hydrophobia

英 [,haɪdrə(ʊ)'fəʊbɪə] 美['haɪdrə'fobɪə]

• n. [内科] 狂犬病；[内科] 恐水病

1. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids

2. a morbid fear of water

3. 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