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radiophobia

radiophobia noun: the fear of radiation.

Noun

radiophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of radiation.
    • Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic.2012 July 19, Shane Smith, 3:25 from the start, in Hunting the Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl, Vice Media
  2. The fear of X-rays.

radiophobia meaning in Tamil

radiophobia in Tamil

ஊடுகதிர் அச்சம், கதிர்வீச்சு அச்சம்

Origin of radiophobia

From radio- + -phobia.

Words that rhyme with radiophobia

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Questions about radiophobia

What does radiophobia mean?
Radiophobia means the fear of radiation.
What is radiophobia in Tamil?
Radiophobia in Tamil is ஊடுகதிர் அச்சம், கதிர்வீச்சு அச்சம். See Radiophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is radiophobia?
Radiophobia is a noun.

Words near radiophobia in the dictionary

  1. radiophenotypes
  2. radiophenotypic
  3. radiophile
  4. radiophiles
  5. radiophilic
  6. radiophobia
  7. radiophone
  8. radiophones
  9. radiophonic
  10. radiophonically
  11. radiophonics

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