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phengophobia

phengophobia noun: aversion to daylight.

Noun

phengophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) aversion to daylight
    • This new artificial 'pupil' can attenuate symptoms such as glare and phengophobia (Fig. 4).2007, C. Hong, Angle Closure Glaucoma, page 267

phengophobia meaning in Tamil

phengophobia in Tamil

ஒளி அச்சம்

Origin of phengophobia

From Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “light, glow”) + -phobia.

Questions about phengophobia

What does phengophobia mean?
Phengophobia means aversion to daylight.
What is phengophobia in Tamil?
Phengophobia in Tamil is ஒளி அச்சம். See Phengophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phengophobia?
Phengophobia is a noun.

Words near phengophobia in the dictionary

  1. phengites
  2. phengitic
  3. phenglutarimide
  4. phengodid
  5. phengodids
  6. phengophobia
  7. phenibut
  8. phenic
  9. phenicarbazide
  10. pheniceous
  11. Phenicia

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