odontophobia
odontophobia noun: an irrational fear of dentistry.
Noun
odontophobia (usually uncountable, plural odontophobias)
- An irrational fear of dentistry.
- Odontophobia, or the fear of dental work, seems equally plausible, as does pentheraphobia - fear of the mother-in-law.2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail
- In fact, in dentistry, there is often a widespread condition of odontophobia among patients.2019 October 8, Rosa De Stefano, “Psychological Factors in Dental Patient Care: Odontophobia”, in Medicina, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- dentophobia
odontophobia meaning in Tamil
odontophobia in Tamil
- பல்மருத்துவ வெருளி, பல்லச்சம்
Synonyms of odontophobia
Forms of odontophobia
| plural | odontophobias |
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Origin of odontophobia
From odonto- + -phobia.
Words formed from odontophobia
Questions about odontophobia
- What does odontophobia mean?
- Odontophobia means an irrational fear of dentistry.
- What is odontophobia in Tamil?
- Odontophobia in Tamil is பல்மருத்துவ வெருளி, பல்லச்சம். See Odontophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is odontophobia?
- Odontophobia is a noun.
- What is the plural of odontophobia?
- The plural of odontophobia is odontophobias.
Words near odontophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: odontophobia (page history and authors); odontophobia (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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