What does hydrophobia mean?
• HYDROPHOBIA (noun) The noun HYDROPHOBIA has 3 senses: 1. a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids 2. a morbid fear of water 3. an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain Familiarity information: HYDROPHOBIA used as a noun is uncommon.