vattuskräck
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom vatten (“water”) + -u- + skräck (“fright”), borrowed from German Wasserscheu (“fear of water”), named after the afflicted's inability to swallow liquid.
Noun
editvattuskräck n
Synonyms
edit- rabies (“rabies”)
- hydrofobi (“hydrophobia, rabies”)
- hundgalenskap (“dog madness, rabies”) (archaic)
- lyssa (“rabies”) (obsolete)