HYDROPHOBIA

n. Hid(hud)-ro(ro3)-fob(fob)'i'1-a. Gr., vip <S0o. fear). Fr., hydrophobie (rabiqiie). Ger., H., Hydrophobie. U'a erxcheit. It., idrofobia. Sp., hidrofobia. mal de rabiu. 1. Morbid horror of water or of drinking, especially when due to rabies. 2. Of Celsus, rabies can in a. [A, 311.J H. hysteric a. See Hysterical h.tt. simplex [Cullen]. H. without rage or inclination to bite, [o, 40.] Hysterical h.. Nervous h. Lat., h. hysteric a. A transitory form of h., not dependent on rabies; generally connected with other hysterical phenomena. [A, 326 (a, 21).] Phantom h. A disturbed condition, due to dread of h., which may be prolonged, accompanied by imitations of the disease, until it is ultimately fatal. ["Lancet," Apr. 14, 1883, p. 647 (D).] Spontaneous h. See Hysterical h. [s. 388]