Recent Examples on the WebLater symptoms include trouble swallowing, fear of water (hydrophobia), paralysis, seizure, coma, and eventual death. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2018 At that point, a person can show symptoms like confusion, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, insomnia, drooling, difficulty swallowing and hydrophobia, fear of water. Minali Nigam, CNN, 12 June 2019 Over time, symptoms that are more specific to brain dysfunction appear and may include difficulty sleeping, anxiety, confusion, hallucinations, agitation, partial paralysis, difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia, a fear of water. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2018
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Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek, from hydr- + -phobia -phobia