vattuskräck

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === vattenskräck === Etymology === Compound of vatten (“water”) +‎ -u- +‎ skräck (“fright”), calque of German Wasserscheu (“fear of water”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía, “hydrophobia”). Likely named after the rabies afflicted's inability to swallow liquid. First attested in 1738. === Noun === vattuskräck c (pathology) hydrophobia, as a symptom of rabies (medicine, archaic, by extension) rabies (psychology) aquaphobia; a fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== rabies (“rabies”) hydrofobi (“hydrophobia, rabies”) hundgalenskap (“dog madness, rabies”) (archaic) lyssa (“rabies”) (obsolete) === References === “vattuskräck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)