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nosophobia

nosophobia noun: an excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.

Noun

nosophobia (usually uncountable, plural nosophobias)

  1. (usually) An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.

nosophobia meaning in Tamil

nosophobia in Tamil

குறிப்பிட்ட நோய் அச்சம், நோய் அச்சம்

Forms of nosophobia

pluralnosophobias

Origin of nosophobia

From noso- + -phobia.

Questions about nosophobia

What does nosophobia mean?
Nosophobia means an excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.
What is nosophobia in Tamil?
Nosophobia in Tamil is குறிப்பிட்ட நோய் அச்சம், நோய் அச்சம். See Nosophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nosophobia?
Nosophobia is a noun.
What is the plural of nosophobia?
The plural of nosophobia is nosophobias.

Words near nosophobia in the dictionary

  1. nosoparasites
  2. nosophen
  3. nosophilia
  4. nosophobe
  5. nosophobes
  6. nosophobia
  7. nosophobias
  8. nosophobic
  9. nosophyte
  10. nosophytes
  11. nosopoetic

Source and license

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