vattuskräck
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of vatten (“water”) + -u- + skräck (“fright”), borrowed from German Wasserscheu (“fear of water”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía, “hydrophobia”). Likely named after the rabies afflicted's inability to swallow liquid. First attested in 1738[1].
Noun
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- (pathology) hydrophobia, as a symptom of rabies
- 2016 December 13, “Rabies konstaterat i södra Sverige [Rabies confirmed in southern Sweden]”, in SVT Nyheter, sourced from TT News Agency:
- Genom påverkan på nerver till svalgmuskulaturen får patienten kramper vid sväljning, så kallad vattuskräck.
- Due to the impact on the nerves to the throat muscles, the patient experiences spasms when swallowing, known as hydrophobia.
- 2019 May 4, Sara Milstead, “Patientens enda chans – försättas i koma [The patient's only chance – induced coma]”, in Aftonbladet:
- Den drabbade får ofta svalgsvårigheter, svårt att dricka vatten, så kallad vattuskräck,
- The affected individual often experiences difficulty swallowing and struggles to drink water, known as hydrophobia.
- 2022 October 28, “Ovanligt fall av rabies upptäckt i Frankrike [Unusual case of rabies discovered in France]”, in Svenska Dagbladet, sourced from TT News Agency and Agence France-Presse:
- Patienten får kramper vid sväljning, så kallad vattuskräck, och avlider vanligen inom två veckor.
- The patient experiences spasms when swallowing, known as hydrophobia, and usually dies within two weeks.
- (medicine, archaic, by extension) rabies
- (psychology) aquaphobia; a fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
- 2009 March 20, Fredrik Sörensson, “Vattendjur som brinner för tredimensionell sport [Aquatic animals passionate about three-dimensional sport]”, in Ystads Allehanda:
- För att kunna spelaundervattensrugby gäller det i första hand att inte ha vattuskräck eller klaustrofobi.
- To be able to play underwater rugby, the primary requirement is to not have aquaphobia or claustrophobia.
Declension
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Nominative | vattuskräck | vattuskräcken | — | — |
Genitive | vattuskräcks | vattuskräckens | — | — |
Synonyms
[edit]- rabies (“rabies”)
- hydrofobi (“hydrophobia, rabies”)
- hundgalenskap (“dog madness, rabies”) (archaic)
- lyssa (“rabies”) (obsolete)
References
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