vattuskräck

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vattu (“water”) +‎ skräck (“fear”), borrowed from German wasserscheu (“fear of water”), named after the afflicted's inability to swallow liquid.

Noun

vattuskräck n

  1. (archaic, medicine) rabies
  2. (archaic, pathology) hydrophobia, as a symptom of rabies

Synonyms
  • rabies (“rabies”)
  • hydrofobi (“hydrophobia, rabies”)
  • hundgalenskap (“dog madness, rabies”) (archaic)
  • lyssa (“rabies”) (obsolete)
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