Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Morbid dread of disease; hypochondria.
- noun Morbid dread of any kind, including agoraphobia, mysophobia, pyrophobia, etc.
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- noun
fear ofdisease
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Examples
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'Agoraphobia' is the fear of crossing an open space, 'batophobia' is the fear that high things will fall, 'siderophobia' is the fear of thunder and lightning, 'pathophobia' is the fear of disease, whilst 'pantophobia' is the fear of everything and everybody.
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