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Definitions
Rabies, or an extreme fear of water.
Word origin
From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.
Used in a sentence
“Now that I have breathed a little, I am anxious to know your opinion of the nature of that affection in the throat, which deprives a patient of the power of ſwallowing in conſequence of hydrophobia.”
“I myself knew a boy whose face was licked by a dog that was going mad, and who died of hydrophobia.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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