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hydromania|haɪdrəʊˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. hydro- + mania; cf. F. hydromanie.]
A mania or craze for water; Path. an excessive craving for water or liquids.
1793Southey Lett. (1856) I. 17, I..have discovered that the hydromania is almost as bad as the hydrophobia. 1835New Monthly Mag. XLIV. 9, I have a hydromania in the way of lakes, rivers, and waterfalls. 1897Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 248 In view of the almost insane craving (‘hydromania’) for fluid..the question has been considered whether the diuresis could be controlled by placing limits on the amount of fluid ingested.
Hence hydroˈmaniac, a person affected with hydromania; hydromaˈniacal a., affected with hydromania.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hydromaniacus,..hydromaniacal. 1860Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 54 Liable to be drowned in a flood of watery effusions from the modern hydromaniacs. |