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molysmophobia

molysmophobia noun: a morbid fear of dirt, germs or contamination.

Noun

molysmophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of dirt, germs or contamination.
    • And the psychiatrist himself did not feel totally devoid of some symptoms of molysmophobia, the obsessive fear of contagion.1995, Charles R. Howell, Ancestral House, page 488

Origin of molysmophobia

Ancient Greek molysma, filth, infection, + phobos, fear.

Questions about molysmophobia

What does molysmophobia mean?
Molysmophobia means a morbid fear of dirt, germs or contamination.
What part of speech is molysmophobia?
Molysmophobia is a noun.

Words near molysmophobia in the dictionary

  1. Molyneux
  2. Molyneux's problem
  3. Molyneuxes
  4. molypterin
  5. molysite
  6. molysmophobia
  7. Molyullah
  8. Molène
  9. molé
  10. Molėtai
  11. mom

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