Way to call the infection by rabies virus, since inflammation that produces in the larynx creates painful spasms to the drink and the sick refuse to drink fluids. It comes from the Greek 965; 948; 961; 959; ( hydro, " 34 water; ) and 966; 959; 946; 959; 962; ( fovos, " 34 fear; ) which also defines the irrational fear of water.