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odontophobic

odontophobic adjective: having an irrational fear of dentistry.

Adjective

odontophobic (comparative more odontophobic, superlative most odontophobic)

  1. Having an irrational fear of dentistry.
    • Odontophobia is a rather unique phobia with special psychosomatic components that impact on the dental health of odontophobic persons.1990 January, R Moore, H Birn, “[Phenomenon of dental fear]”, in Tandlaegebladet, →PMID
    • Clearly, some odontophobic patients have a perception of the dental environment as threatening beyond just the threat of physically painful treatment.2004 April 19, Rod Moore, Inger Brødsgaard & Nicole Rosenberg, “The contribution of embarrassment to phobic dental anxiety: a qualitative research study”, in BMC Psychiatry, volume 4, number 10, →DOI

Noun

odontophobic (plural odontophobics)

  1. One who fears dentistry.
    • Odontophobics are normally inclined to continually postpone treatment, clinging to pharmacological therapies (antibiotics and/or painkillers) which, postponing the solution of the problem, produce a serious worsening of the initial picture with a progressive loss of mastication and a consequent...2019 October 8, Rosa De Stefano, “Psychological Factors in Dental Patient Care: Odontophobia”, in Medicina, →DOI

Forms of odontophobic

Adjective
comparativemore odontophobic
superlativemost odontophobic
Noun
pluralodontophobics

Origin of odontophobic

From odonto- + -phobic.

Questions about odontophobic

What does odontophobic mean?
Odontophobic means having an irrational fear of dentistry.
What part of speech is odontophobic?
Odontophobic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near odontophobic in the dictionary

  1. odontopathy
  2. odontopediatrics
  3. odontophilia
  4. odontophobia
  5. odontophobias
  6. odontophobic
  7. odontophobics
  8. odontophoral
  9. odontophore
  10. odontophores
  11. odontophorid

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