1. An excessive fear of what is assumed to be hydrophobia, but which may only seem to be hydrophobia: Some individuals suffering from pseudohydrophobia have an exaggerated and irrational animosity towards rabies, imagining that the disease is present, and therefore they don't drink any water, thinking that it is contaminated with rabies and can cause throat pains.
2. Any viral disease that has symptoms similar to rabies, but which is not: When Jane took her dog which showed symptoms of the infectious disease to the vet, the condition turned out to be just a pseudophydrohobia and quite harmless and easy to cure!