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centrophobia

centrophobia noun: a dislike of being in the centre.

Noun

centrophobia (uncountable)

  1. A dislike of being in the centre.
    • As a test for centrophobia, we measured the time fish spent in the centre of the tank in the horizontal plane.2015 July 30, “A TALEN-Exon Skipping Design for a Bethlem Myopathy Model in Zebrafish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of centrophobia

From centro- + -phobia.

Questions about centrophobia

What does centrophobia mean?
Centrophobia means a dislike of being in the centre.
What part of speech is centrophobia?
Centrophobia is a noun.

Words near centrophobia in the dictionary

  1. centroperipheral
  2. centrophenoxine
  3. centrophilic
  4. centrophilin
  5. centrophilins
  6. centrophobia
  7. centrophobic
  8. centrophobism
  9. centrophorid
  10. centrophorids
  11. centroplasm

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