Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parasitophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-sito-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia."

Etymology

From parasite + -o- + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

parasitophobias (plural)

Questions

What does parasitophobia mean?: A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
Where does parasitophobia come from?: From parasite + -o- + -phobia.

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