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cancerophobia

cancerophobia is the alternative form of cancerphobia.

Meaning of cancerphobia

Noun

cancerphobia (uncountable)

  1. An inordinate dread of developing cancer.
    Synonyms:
    carcinophobia

Questions about cancerophobia

What is cancerophobia the alternative form of?
Cancerophobia is the alternative form of cancerphobia.

Words near cancerophobia in the dictionary

  1. cancerology
  2. cancerome
  3. canceromes
  4. cancerophobe
  5. cancerophobes
  6. cancerophobia
  7. cancerophobic
  8. canceroprotective
  9. cancerostatic
  10. cancerotoxic
  11. cancerous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cancerophobia (page history and authors); cancerphobia (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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