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Meaning of "hydrophobia" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HYDROPHOBIA

ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYDROPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hydrophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYDROPHOBIA

acrophobia · aerophobia · agoraphobia · arachnophobia · claustrophobia · emetophobia · erythrophobia · homophobia · Islamophobia · monophobia · neophobia · nomophobia · nyctophobia · phobia · phonophobia · photophobia · scopophobia · technophobia · triskaidekaphobia · xenophobia

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYDROPHOBIA

hydropathy · hydroperoxide · hydrophane · hydrophanous · hydrophile · hydrophilic · hydrophilicity · hydrophilite · hydrophilous · hydrophily · hydrophobic · hydrophobicity · hydrophobous · hydrophone · hydrophyte · hydrophytic · hydrophyton · hydrophytous · hydropic · hydroplane

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYDROPHOBIA

aichmophobia · ailurophobia · algophobia · anglophobia · anthropophobia · aquaphobia · astraphobia · autophobia · gynophobia · mysophobia · necrophobia · ornithophobia · panophobia · pyrophobia · Russophobia · school phobia · sitophobia · social phobia · thanatophobia · Zenobia · zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of hydrophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hydrophobia» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HYDROPHOBIA

Find out the translation of hydrophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hydrophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hydrophobia» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

狂犬病
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

hidrofobia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

hydrophobia
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जलांतक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

داء الكلب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

водобоязнь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

hidrofobia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জলাতঙ্ক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

hydrophobie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hidrofobia
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hydrophobie
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

狂犬病
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

공수병
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Hidrofobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự sợ nước
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

விசர்நாய்க்கடிநோய்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हायड्रोफोबिया
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kuduz
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

idrofobia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Hydrophobia
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

водобоязнь
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

hidrofobie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λύσσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hondsdolheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hydrophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vannskrekk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hydrophobia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDROPHOBIA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of hydrophobia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «hydrophobia».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hydrophobia

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYDROPHOBIA»

Discover the use of hydrophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hydrophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hydrophobia: Means of Avoiding Its Perils and Preventing Its ...
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Henri Marie Bouley, 2010
2
The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
Dr. Rush has entered into a long argument in order to evince the identity of fever and hydrophobia ; but though hydrophobia has fever, it does not follow that hydrophobia is the same thing as fever ; or, in other words, is fever alone. In short , we ...
John Forbes, 1833
3
A Treatise on Hydrophobia
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com.
John Patrick McNeill, 2009
4
Substance of a clinical lecture on a case of hydrophobia
CLINICAL. LECTURE. on. HYDROPHOBIA. Gentlemen, IN conformity with the practice adopted by the Medical Officers of this Hospital, by which the Pupils derive not only the advantages of watching the progress of the several cases of ...
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, 1834
5
A Dictionary of practical Surgery
patients, in hydrophobia, therefore, should happen tobe bled in an advanced stage of the disease, and die, (as they inevitably would do, whether they had been bled or not) such cases would be quoted against the new practice, as failures.
Samuel Cooper, 1818
6
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
Hydrophobia. I beg yon to consider what is to be done in this case of the canine poison communicated by the bite of a mad dog, or it may be of a cat ; unquestionably it may be communicated by the bite of a cat, but I have never known this ...
‎1825
7
London Medical and Surgical Journal
thy, the stimulus being conveyed pioba- bly by the respiratory nerves. I question whether the poison of hydrophobia is absorbed, for it always produces a local disease, before the constitutional effects manifests themselves, although the wound ...
‎1837
8
medical and suegical
However, as the dread of water is a very prominent symptom in the second stage of the disorder, I think that hydrophobia is a better name for the disorder than robin canina, or the French expression h rage. In fact, the patients are not always  ...
michael ryan m. d., 1833
9
London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
Observations on Hydrophobia. By John Crichton, Esq. Surgeon, Dundee." Hydrophobia seems to have been so rare in the part of Scotland where Mr. Crichton resides, that the oldest practitioners had never seen a case of it, Bad appear to ...
‎1829
10
Hydrophobia, an Account of M. Pasteur's System
Subtitle: Containing a Translation of All His Communications on the Subject, the Technique of His Method, and the Latest Statistical Results General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Original Publisher: Chatto
Renaud Suzor, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYDROPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hydrophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Warning: Cats and Dogs
... for one day with clinical symptoms of rabies that included a stiff neck, breathing difficulties, hydrophobia and a generalized state of panic. «Bali Discovery, Jul 15»
2
What to Do if You or Your Pet Has Been Exposed to Rabies
That's the result of hydrophobia, another famous symptom: Because the victim is terrified of water and refuses to drink, dehydration leads to the ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»
3
Pender sees wave of rabies cases
... paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, hypersalivation (increase in saliva), difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia (fear of water). «Jacksonville Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Dog bites and rabies - I
Hydrophobia ("fear of water") is the historic name for rabies, because in the later stages of the infection the person has difficulty in swallowing. «The Island.lk, Jul 15»
5
Asheville Genealogy: What did granny call that illness?
Hydrophobia: Rabies. •Variola: Smallpox. •Scrofula: Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Characterized by slow progression, abscesses and ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
6
Data Center Evolution: Getting Hotter and Wetter
Still, it is understandable that many IT executives would have a certain amount of “hydrophobia” when considering the prospect of liquids and ... «IT Business Edge, Jun 15»
7
Rabid Bat Identified In Richmond County
... slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, hypersalivation (increase in saliva), difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia (fear ... «WJBF-TV, Jun 15»
8
Speech, speech
... lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. «World Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Britain faces growing threat of RABIES thanks to meddling EU
It has been known to cause hydrophobia - a fear of water, sometimes leading to foaming at the mouth - and in extreme cases can leave victims ... «Express.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Mimicking nature
"A concept like hydrophobia on lotus leaves can be applied to everything from textiles to metals." Kim Wong, University of Manchester. «Superyacht News - The Superyacht Report, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hydrophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hydrophobia>. May 2024 ».
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