hemophobia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] there may be found practitioners of modern medicine, highly accomplished histologists, pathologists, therapeutists, etc., who, when certain acute cases confront them, evince hemophobia and eschew the lancet:"
- "The conflict between himself and his family, as to whether he should return to medicine or not, was deepening […]. The nightmares were still very bad, but in any case the haemophobia alone prevented any hospital service whether in Britain or France."
- "With hemophobia, symptoms may be triggered by seeing blood in real life or on television."
- "However, hemophobia causes much more than discomfort, and someone with this condition will experience highly distressing and disruptive symptoms at the sight of blood."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English hemo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English hemophobia From hemo- + -phobia.