Definitions
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- noun An abnormal or irrational
fear ofdoctors or going to the doctor.
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Examples
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He's a bundle of contradictions: a musical classicist who gave serious recognition to jazz (particularly Duke Ellington) long before anyone else did, a contibutor to progressive journals whose comments could reveal casual racism and anti-Semitism, a prodigy who managed to survive into productive adulthood and then destroyed himself with drink and iatrophobia.
Archive 2007-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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He's a bundle of contradictions: a musical classicist who gave serious recognition to jazz (particularly Duke Ellington) long before anyone else did, a contibutor to progressive journals whose comments could reveal casual racism and anti-Semitism, a prodigy who managed to survive into productive adulthood and then destroyed himself with drink and iatrophobia.
We can't all, and some of us don't Matthew Guerrieri 2007
whichbe commented on the word iatrophobia
Fear of doctors.
May 13, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word iatrophobia
JM wonders how iatrophobia is ever diagnosed
February 16, 2009