carcinophobia
UK/ˌkɑːsɪnəˈfəʊːbi.ə//ˌkɑɹsɪnəˈfoʊbi.ə/
carcinophobia noun: inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
Noun
carcinophobia (uncountable)
- Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- Synonyms:
- cancerphobia
carcinophobia meaning in Tamil
carcinophobia in Tamil
- புற்றுநோய் வெருளி
Synonyms of carcinophobia
Origin of carcinophobia
From carcino- + -phobia.
Words formed from carcinophobia
Words that rhyme with carcinophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
- hippophobia
Questions about carcinophobia
- What does carcinophobia mean?
- Carcinophobia means inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- What is carcinophobia in Tamil?
- Carcinophobia in Tamil is புற்றுநோய் வெருளி. See Carcinophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carcinophobia?
- Carcinophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce carcinophobia?
- Carcinophobia is pronounced /ˌkɑɹsɪnəˈfoʊbi.ə/ (US).
Words near carcinophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carcinophobia (page history and authors); carcinophobia (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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