"tokophobic" meaning in English

See tokophobic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more tokophobic [comparative], most tokophobic [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tokophobic (comparative more tokophobic, superlative most tokophobic)
  1. Having or relating to tokophobia. Synonyms: tocophobic
    Sense id: en-tokophobic-en-adj-pPnmWTTl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2009, Neil Humphreys, “The Third Trimester”, in Be My Baby: On the Road to Fatherhood, Marshall Cavendish, page 171:",
          "text": "Interestingly, a 2008 British study found that almost half of pregnant women who request a Caesarean section do so because they have a genuine fear of childbirth. In fact, it’s estimated that one in seven women may be tokophobic. It’s thanks to all those damned horror stories from our dear, beloved friends and families. You know the ones. Your mother insists that her labour lasted 78 hours and that the resulting baby was so big, the doctors christened it Moby Dick and sent in a Japanese whaling fleet.",
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