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phagophobia

phagophobia noun: a morbid fear of swallowing.

Noun

phagophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of swallowing.

phagophobia meaning in Tamil

phagophobia in Tamil

ஊண்வெறி, விழுங்கு வெருளி, உண்பச்சம்

Origin of phagophobia

From phago- + -phobia.

Questions about phagophobia

What does phagophobia mean?
Phagophobia means a morbid fear of swallowing.
What is phagophobia in Tamil?
Phagophobia in Tamil is ஊண்வெறி, விழுங்கு வெருளி, உண்பச்சம். See Phagophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phagophobia?
Phagophobia is a noun.

Words near phagophobia in the dictionary

  1. phagomimicry
  2. phagomyxean
  3. phagomyxid
  4. phagomyxids
  5. phagophilia
  6. phagophobia
  7. phagophore
  8. phagophores
  9. phagoptosis
  10. phagoscore
  11. phagoscores

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