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corticophobia

corticophobia noun: a reluctance to use topical corticosteroid drugs.

Noun

corticophobia (uncountable)

  1. A reluctance to use topical corticosteroid drugs.

Origin of corticophobia

From cortico- + -phobia.

Questions about corticophobia

What does corticophobia mean?
Corticophobia means a reluctance to use topical corticosteroid drugs.
What part of speech is corticophobia?
Corticophobia is a noun.

Words near corticophobia in the dictionary

  1. corticonuclear
  2. corticopapillary
  3. corticopeduncular
  4. corticopetal
  5. corticophilous
  6. corticophobia
  7. corticopontine
  8. corticopontocerebellar
  9. corticoprotein
  10. corticoproteins
  11. corticopulvinar

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