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bacteriophobia

/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfəʊbɪə/

bacteriophobia noun: an abnormal fear of bacteria.

Noun

bacteriophobia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal fear of bacteria

bacteriophobia meaning in Tamil

bacteriophobia in Tamil

நோய்மி வெருளி, குச்சிலியச்சம், நுண்ணுயிரியச்சம்

Origin of bacteriophobia

From bacterio- + -phobia.

Questions about bacteriophobia

What does bacteriophobia mean?
Bacteriophobia means an abnormal fear of bacteria.
What is bacteriophobia in Tamil?
Bacteriophobia in Tamil is நோய்மி வெருளி, குச்சிலியச்சம், நுண்ணுயிரியச்சம். See Bacteriophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bacteriophobia?
Bacteriophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce bacteriophobia?
Bacteriophobia is pronounced /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəʊˌfəʊbɪə/.

Words near bacteriophobia in the dictionary

  1. bacteriopheophytin
  2. bacteriopheophytins
  3. bacteriophilous
  4. bacteriophobe
  5. bacteriophobes
  6. bacteriophobia
  7. bacteriophobic
  8. bacteriophore
  9. bacteriophores
  10. bacteriophytochrome
  11. bacteriophytochromes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacteriophobia (page history and authors); bacteriophobia (Tamil 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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