hydrophobias

noun

1. plural of hydrophobia

- William Henry Holcombe, Our Children in Heaven (1875) p. 286. Armand Marie, Pellagra (1910) p. 242. Certain of these 'hydrophobias' are marked by a fear of flowing surfaces because of photophobia.Reese Palley, Unlikely Passages (1998) p. 39. We are anesthetized against most terrors of land. ... HydroPhobias begin on land long before casting off. But once at sea, fear quickly is lost.