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parasitophobia

parasitophobia noun: a morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.

Noun

parasitophobia (usually uncountable, plural parasitophobias)

  1. (usually) A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
    • The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.(Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, page 1

parasitophobia meaning in Tamil

parasitophobia in Tamil

ஒட்டுயிரி வெருளி, ஒட்டுண்ணியச்சம்

Forms of parasitophobia

pluralparasitophobias

Origin of parasitophobia

From parasite + -o- + -phobia.

Questions about parasitophobia

What does parasitophobia mean?
Parasitophobia means a morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
What is parasitophobia in Tamil?
Parasitophobia in Tamil is ஒட்டுயிரி வெருளி, ஒட்டுண்ணியச்சம். See Parasitophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parasitophobia?
Parasitophobia is a noun.
What is the plural of parasitophobia?
The plural of parasitophobia is parasitophobias.

Words near parasitophobia in the dictionary

  1. parasitologist
  2. parasitologists
  3. parasitology
  4. parasitome
  5. parasitomes
  6. parasitophobia
  7. parasitophobias
  8. parasitophore
  9. parasitophores
  10. parasitophorous
  11. parasitophorous vacuole

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