hydrophobia

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
  2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic

Oposto a
hydrophilia, hygroscopy
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.

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