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- Hydrophobia - n. - An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
- Hydrophobia - n. - 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.
- Prognosis - n. - The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
- Rabies - n. - Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.