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photophonophobia

photophonophobia noun: excessive sensitivity to light and sound; abnormal fear of light and sound.

Noun

photophonophobia (uncountable)

  1. Excessive sensitivity to light and sound; abnormal fear of light and sound.
    • Some people have some nausea or photophonophobia just as the headache begins. Others wake up with a full-blown migraine, sometimes vomiting, sometimes just nauseated.2004, Stewart J. Tepper, Understanding Migraine and Other Headaches, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 9
    • As many as 50% of patients with TACs will refer their symptoms of photophonophobia to the ipsilateral, painful side, in contrast to migraineurs, who usually complain of bilateral light and sound sensitivity.2014, Stewart J. Tepper, Deborah Tepper, The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Headache Therapy: Second Edition, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of photophonophobia

alternative formphonophotophobia

Origin of photophonophobia

From photo- + phono- + -phobia.

Questions about photophonophobia

What does photophonophobia mean?
Photophonophobia means excessive sensitivity to light and sound; abnormal fear of light and sound.
What part of speech is photophonophobia?
Photophonophobia is a noun.

Words near photophonophobia in the dictionary

  1. photophobotaxis
  2. photophobous
  3. photophone
  4. photophones
  5. photophonic
  6. photophonophobia
  7. photophony
  8. photophore
  9. photophores
  10. photophoresis
  11. photophoretic

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