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Etymology

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From vatten (water) +‎ -u- +‎ skräck (fright), borrowed from German Wasserscheu (fear of water), named after the afflicted's inability to swallow liquid.

Noun

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vattuskräck n

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

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