LYSSOPHOBIA
\lˌɪsəfˈə͡ʊbi͡ə], \lˌɪsəfˈəʊbiə], \l_ˌɪ_s_ə_f_ˈəʊ_b_iə]\
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[Greek] A disease the symptoms of which resemble those of hydrophobia, occurring in patients who falsely believe themselves to be the subjects of the latter disease. True respiratory spasm is absent, and the disease cannot be communicated to a successive series of animals by inoculation from the spinal cord of the patient.
By Alexander Duane
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Groundless fear of rabies, often inducing actual hydrophobic symptoms. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Proto Oncogene Proteins c erbB 2
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