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metallophobia

metallophobia noun: a fear of metal, or of touching metallic objects.

Noun

metallophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A fear of metal, or of touching metallic objects.
    • The reason behind the lithographers' metallophobia is that metal ion impurities may cause failure of finished IC devices if the metals somehow migrate into the semiconductor material.1993, Ralph Dammel, Diazonaphthoquinone-based Resists, page 98

Origin of metallophobia

From metallo- + -phobia.

Questions about metallophobia

What does metallophobia mean?
Metallophobia means a fear of metal, or of touching metallic objects.
What part of speech is metallophobia?
Metallophobia is a noun.

Words near metallophobia in the dictionary

  1. metallopeptides
  2. metallopharmaceutical
  3. metallopharmaceuticals
  4. metallophilic
  5. metallophillic
  6. metallophobia
  7. metallophone
  8. metallophones
  9. metallophore
  10. metallophores
  11. metallophosphatase

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