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lyssophobia

lyssophobia noun: the fear of lyssa (rabies), or madness.

Noun

lyssophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of lyssa (rabies), or madness.
    • A young man, 24 years of age, employed as a clerk in a dry goods store, was bitten on a Saturday morning bu a watchdog belonging to the proprietor. […] [H]e stated that he had been reading about rabies and the symptoms which would develop in man from the bite of a rabid dog, and insisted that he...1911 May 12, John R[obbins] Mohler, “Differential Diagnosis”, in Rabies or Hydrophobia (U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin; 449), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC...

lyssophobia meaning in Tamil

lyssophobia in Tamil

வெறிநோய் வெருளி, வெறியனாதலச்சம், நீரச்சவச்சம், வெறித் தொடர்பச்சம், வெறிச்சியாதலச்சம்

Synonyms of lyssophobia

Origin of lyssophobia

From lyssa + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about lyssophobia

What does lyssophobia mean?
Lyssophobia means the fear of lyssa (rabies), or madness.
What is lyssophobia in Tamil?
Lyssophobia in Tamil is வெறிநோய் வெருளி, வெறியனாதலச்சம், நீரச்சவச்சம். See Lyssophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lyssophobia?
Lyssophobia is a noun.

Words near lyssophobia in the dictionary

  1. lyssaviruses
  2. lyssianassid
  3. lyssic
  4. lyssomanine
  5. lyssomanines
  6. lyssophobia
  7. Lyssy
  8. Lyssys
  9. LYST
  10. Lyster
  11. Lysterfield

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