Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opiophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: opio-pho-bia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aversion to prescribing opiates.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The rise of opiophobia among clinicians could be one explanation. Additionally, as pointed out previously, health care professionals are frequently not trained to prescribe opioid analgesics."

Etymology

From opio- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: opio
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does opiophobia mean?: An aversion to prescribing opiates.
Where does opiophobia come from?: From opio- + -phobia.

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