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hydrophobia
noun
[ ˌhʌɪdrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə ]
• extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans.
Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek hudrophobia, from hudro- ‘water’ + phobos ‘fear’.
