Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rectophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rec-to-pho-bia
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of rectal disease.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Careful investigation will, I am sure, account for the nervous rectum of Goodell, the rectophobia of Kelsey, and the irritable rectum of Matthews."
"Some writers have used the term rectophobia to describe a condition of morbid foreboding, claimed to be peculiar to patients afflicted with rectal disease."
"Cryptitis is the daddy of rectal neurasthenia, producing what we might term rectophobia, with the mental exhaustion, foreboding, fear and introspection which disturbed reflexes give to the victims of anal diseases."

Etymology

From recto- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: recto
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does rectophobia mean?: The fear of rectal disease.
Where does rectophobia come from?: From recto- + -phobia.

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