Hydrophobia — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids

a morbid fear of water

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɔːɹni/

🇬🇧British English

/hˌaɪdɹəfˈəʊbiə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˌaɪdɹəfˈəʊbiə/

4 syllables Say it as /hˈɔːɹni/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rabies lyssa madness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Hydrophobie

ein Symptom der Tollwut beim Menschen, das in einer Abneigung gegen das Schlucken von Flüssigkeiten besteht

🇫🇷French

hydrophobie

un symptôme de la rage chez l'homme consistant en une aversion pour l'ingestion de liquides

🇪🇸Spanish

hidrofobia

Un síntoma de la rabia en humanos que consiste en una aversión a tragar líquidos.

🇮🇹Italian

idrofobia

un sintomo della rabbia nell'uomo consistente nell'avversione alla deglutizione di liquidi

🇳🇱Dutch

watervrees

een symptoom van hondsdolheid bij mensen, bestaande uit een afkeer van het inslikken van vloeistoffen

🇵🇹Portuguese

hidrofobia

um sintoma de raiva em humanos que consiste em uma aversão a engolir líquidos

🇷🇺Russian

гидрофобия

симптом бешенства у человека, заключающийся в отвращении к глотанию жидкостей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जलांतक

मनुष्यों में रेबीज का एक लक्षण जिसमें तरल पदार्थ निगलने में अरुचि होती है

🇧🇩Bengali

হাইড্রোফোবিয়া

মানুষের মধ্যে জলাতঙ্কের একটি উপসর্গ যা তরল গিলতে ঘৃণা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹைட்ரோபோபியா

மனிதர்களில் ரேபிஸின் அறிகுறி, திரவங்களை விழுங்குவதில் உள்ள வெறுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

హైడ్రోఫోబియా

మానవులలో రాబిస్ యొక్క లక్షణం ద్రవాలను మింగడం పట్ల విరక్తి కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

हायड्रोफोबिया

मानवांमध्ये रेबीजचे लक्षण ज्यामध्ये द्रवपदार्थ गिळण्याची घृणा असते

🇮🇳Gujarati

હાઇડ્રોફોબિયા

માનવીઓમાં હડકવાનું લક્ષણ જેમાં પ્રવાહી ગળી જવાની અણગમો હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೈಡ್ರೋಫೋಬಿಯಾ

ದ್ರವಗಳನ್ನು ನುಂಗಲು ಅಸಹ್ಯವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಮಾನವರಲ್ಲಿ ರೇಬೀಸ್‌ನ ಲಕ್ಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹൈഡ്രോഫോബിയ

മനുഷ്യരിൽ പേവിഷബാധയുടെ ലക്ഷണം, ദ്രാവകങ്ങൾ വിഴുങ്ങാനുള്ള വെറുപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਈਡ੍ਰੋਫੋਬੀਆ

ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੇਬੀਜ਼ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਲੱਛਣ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਰਲ ਪਦਾਰਥਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਗਲਣ ਤੋਂ ਨਫ਼ਰਤ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہائیڈروفوبیا

انسانوں میں ریبیز کی ایک علامت جس میں مائعات نگلنے سے نفرت ہوتی ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

恐水症

人类狂犬病的一种症状，包括厌恶吞咽液体

🇯🇵Japanese

疎水性

液体を飲み込むことへの嫌悪感からなる人間の狂犬病の症状

🇰🇷Korean

공수병

액체를 삼키는 것에 대한 혐오감으로 구성된 인간의 광견병 증상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chứng sợ nước

một triệu chứng của bệnh dại ở người bao gồm ác cảm với việc nuốt chất lỏng

🇹🇭Thai

พิษสุนัขบ้า

อาการของโรคพิษสุนัขบ้าในมนุษย์ประกอบด้วยความรังเกียจที่จะกลืนของเหลว

🇮🇩Indonesian

penyakit anjing gila

gejala rabies pada manusia berupa keengganan menelan cairan

🇲🇾Malay

hidrofobia

satu gejala rabies pada manusia yang terdiri daripada keengganan untuk menelan cecair

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

داء الكلب

من أعراض داء الكلب لدى البشر النفور من ابتلاع السوائل

🇮🇷Persian

آب هراسی

یک علامت هاری در انسان که شامل بیزاری از بلع مایعات است

🇹🇷Turkish

hidrofobi

sıvıları yutmaktan kaçınmayı içeren insanlarda kuduz belirtisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

כַּלֶבֶת

סימפטום של כלבת בבני אדם המורכב מסלידה מבליעת נוזלים

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