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helminthophobia

helminthophobia noun: a morbid fear of parasitic worms.

Noun

helminthophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of parasitic worms.
    • In patients misusing the drug because of helminthophobia, the risk of severe side effects has to be considered.1987, Lars L. Gustafsson, Björn Beermann, Yakoub Aden Abdi, Handbook of drugs for tropical parasitic infections, page 52

helminthophobia meaning in Tamil

helminthophobia in Tamil

புழுவச்சம், புழுத்தொற்று வெருளி, புழு வெருளி

Origin of helminthophobia

From helminth + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about helminthophobia

What does helminthophobia mean?
Helminthophobia means a morbid fear of parasitic worms.
What is helminthophobia in Tamil?
Helminthophobia in Tamil is புழுவச்சம், புழுத்தொற்று வெருளி, புழு வெருளி. See Helminthophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is helminthophobia?
Helminthophobia is a noun.

Words near helminthophobia in the dictionary

  1. helminthology
  2. helminthomorph
  3. helminthomorphs
  4. helminthophagous
  5. helminthophagy
  6. helminthophobia
  7. helminthoses
  8. helminthosis
  9. helminthosporal
  10. helminthosporic
  11. helminthosporin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helminthophobia (page history and authors); helminthophobia (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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