HYDROPHOBIA
\hˌa͡ɪdɹəfˈə͡ʊbi͡ə], \hˌaɪdɹəfˈəʊbiə], \h_ˌaɪ_d_ɹ_ə_f_ˈəʊ_b_iə]\
Definitions of HYDROPHOBIA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
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The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
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An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
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The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
By Noah Webster.
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An acute infectious disease of the central nervous system affecting almost all mammals, including humans. It is caused by a rhabdovirus and usually spread by contamination with virus-laden saliva of bites inflicted by rabid animals. Important animal vectors include the dog, cat, vampire bat, mongoose, skunk, wolf, raccoon, and fox. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An unnatural dread of water, a symptom of a disease resulting from the bite of a mad animal, hence the disease itself.
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HYDROPHOBIC.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The term Rabies is more appropriate for the aggregate of symptoms resulting from the bite of rabid animals. Hydrophobia literally signifies a 'dread of water;' and, consequently, ought to be applied to one of the symptoms of rabies, rather than to the disease itself. It is a symptom which appears occasionally in other nervous affections. Rabies is susceptible of spontaneous development in the dog, wolf, cat, and fox, which can thence transmit it to other quadrupeds or to man; but it has not been proved that it can supervene, - without their having been previously bitten, -in animals of other species; or that the latter can, when bitten, communicate it to others. Many facts induce the belief, that the saliva and bronchial mucus are the sole vehicles of the rabid virus; the effects of which upon the economy sometimes appear almost immediately after the bite, and are, at others, apparently dormant for a considerable period. The chief symptoms are- a sense of dryness and constriction of the throat; excessive thirst; difficult deglutition; aversion for, and horror at, the sight of liquids as well as of brilliant objects; red, animated countenance; great nervous irritability; frothy saliva; grinding of the teeth, etc. Death most commonly happens before the fifth day. Hydrophobia has hitherto resisted all therapeutical means. Those which allay irritation are obviously most called for. In the way of prevention, the bitten part should always be excised, where practicable; and cauterized. In some cases, symptoms like those which follow the bite of a rabid animal are said to have come on spontaneously. This affection has been termed nervous or spontaneous hydrophobia.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: rabies, lyssa. An acute infectious disease of man; primary in dogs, wolves, and other animals and transmitted to man by biting and perforation of the skin and underlying tissues, so that there is inoculation with the saliva. It is characterized by spasms of the muscles of deglutition and respiration. The specific organism is believed to be a protozoon, the so-called Negri bodies, present in the substance of the nerve cells. The name is due to the dread of the spasms caused by the attempt to drink water or any other fluid during the disease.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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