vattuskräck

Swedish

Etymology

From vatten (“water”) +‎ -u- +‎ skräck (“fright”), 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)

References

• vattuskräck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vattuskräck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)