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leucophobia

leucophobia is the alternative form of leukophobia.

Meaning of leukophobia

Noun

leukophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Pathological fear of or aversion to the color white.
    • Normal rats show leukophobia, ie, going away from strong light, while blind rats do not react to light in this manner.1924, Theodore Koppånyi, Clyde Baker, “Further Studies on Eye Transplantation in the Spotted Rat”, in American Journal of Physiology, volume 71, number 2

Questions about leucophobia

What is leucophobia the alternative form of?
Leucophobia is the alternative form of leukophobia.

Words near leucophobia in the dictionary

  1. leucophereses
  2. leucopheresis
  3. leucophlegmacies
  4. leucophlegmacy
  5. leucophlegmatic
  6. leucophobia
  7. leucophoenicite
  8. leucophore
  9. leucophores
  10. leucophosphite
  11. leucophyll

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