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Word: Hydrophobia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek hudrophobia, from hudro- ‘water’ + phobos ‘fear’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhʌɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans.
Short Definition:extreme fear of water
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