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nosophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
noso-pho-bia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.

Uncountable

Etymology

From noso- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nosophobias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nosophobe nosophobic hypochondria hypochondriasis nosocomephobia

Questions

What does nosophobia mean?
An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.
Where does nosophobia come from?
From noso- + -phobia.

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