hydrophobia
英 [,haɪdrə(ʊ)'fəʊbɪə]
美['haɪdrə'fobɪə]
- n. [内科] 狂犬病；[内科] 恐水病
英英释意
- 1. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
- 2. a morbid fear of water
- 3. 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