hydrophobia

hydrophobia has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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
• n.. a morbid fear of water
• n.. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids