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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bacillophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bacil-lo-pho-bia
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of microbes.

Uncountable

Etymology

From bacillo- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

bacillophobic

Synonyms

germophobia

Rhymes With

homophobia phobia xenophobia claustrophobia agoraphobia zenobia arachnophobia photophobia trypophobia hydrophobia acrophobia coulrophobia

Questions

What does bacillophobia mean?
The fear of microbes.
Where does bacillophobia come from?
From bacillo- + -phobia.

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