Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hydrophobia

3 senses of hydrophobia

Sense 1
hydrophobia -- (a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids)
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Sense 2
hydrophobia -- (a morbid fear of water)
       => simple phobia -- (any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli)

Sense 3
rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness -- (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)
       => zoonosis, zoonotic disease -- (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)