"nosophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nosophobias [plural]
Etymology: From noso- + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|noso|phobia}} noso- + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} nosophobia (usually uncountable, plural nosophobias)
  1. An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases. Wikipedia link: nosophobia Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Phobias Related terms: nosophobe, nosophobic, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, nosocomephobia Translations (excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease): nosofòbia [feminine] (Catalan), nosophobie [feminine] (French), Nosophobie [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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