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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydrophobia \Hy`dro*pho"bi*a\, n. [L., fr Gr ?; "y`dwr water +
? fear: cf F. hydrophobie.] (Med.)
a An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of
canine madness; hence:
b The disease caused by a bite form or inoculation with
the saliva of a rabid creature, of which the chief
symptoms are a sense of dryness and construction in the
throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked
heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions
whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed
in any way as by the sight or sound of water; rabies;
canine madness. [Written also {hydrophoby}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hydrophobia
n : an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded
animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid
animal) [syn: {rabies}, {madness}]
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