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hydrophobia
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hydrophobia: see rabies rabies (rā`bēz, ră`–) or hydrophobia
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hydrophobia
1. another name for rabies
2. a fear of drinking fluids, esp that of a person with rabies, because of painful spasms when trying to swallow


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Lyssa Steponaitis, program coordinator Peer Listening Line and GLBT Helpline Boston, Mass.
Army nurse Lyssa Lenske of West Hills up on news from home during her nine-month tour of duty in Uzbekistan, her recent e-mail to family and friends gives us a humorous, candid glimpse of what life is like for some of our troops over there.
The dictionary alleges that lyssa virus is to be a synonym for Rabies virus, but whereas Rabies virus is a lyssavirus (a member of the genus Lyssavirus), there are many lyssaviruses, only one of which is Rabies virus.
 
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