Dictionary Entry
hydrophobia
hydrophobia is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 24 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
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
- 4noun
a morbid fear of water
- 5noun
a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
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