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acarophobia

/ˌækəɹəˈfəʊbi.ə/

acarophobia noun: the fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.

Noun

acarophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
    • His acarophobia was obvious from his reaction when I told him he had lice.
    • The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.(Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, page 1

acarophobia meaning in Kannada

acarophobia in Kannada

ತುರಿಕೆಯಂಜಿಕೆ

Origin of acarophobia

From acaro- + -phobia.

Questions about acarophobia

What does acarophobia mean?
Acarophobia means the fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
What is acarophobia in Kannada?
Acarophobia in Kannada is ತುರಿಕೆಯಂಜಿಕೆ. See Acarophobia meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is acarophobia?
Acarophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce acarophobia?
Acarophobia is pronounced /ˌækəɹəˈfəʊbi.ə/.

Words near acarophobia in the dictionary

  1. acaropathogenic
  2. acarophilous
  3. acarophily
  4. acarophobe
  5. acarophobes
  6. acarophobia
  7. acarophobic
  8. acarophobics
  9. acarotoxic
  10. acarotoxics
  11. acarpellous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acarophobia (page history and authors); acarophobia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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