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selenophobia

US/səˌli.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

selenophobia noun: an abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.

Noun

selenophobia (countable and uncountable, plural selenophobias)

  1. An abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.
  2. A fear of selenium due to its perceived status as a carcinogen and toxin.
    • […]the chronic use of dietary selenium supplementation or chronic ingestion of drinking water containing selenium slightly above normal or safe levels can facilitate the development of diabetes type 2 and neurodegenerative diseases. These observations do not indicate that we have returned to the...2017, Joao B. T. Rocha, Claudia S. Oliveira, Pablo A. Nogara, “Toxicology and Anticancer Activity of Synthetic Organoselenium Compounds”, in Organoselenium Compounds in Biology and Medicine, Royal...
    Antonyms:
    selenophilia

Antonyms of selenophobia

Forms of selenophobia

pluralselenophobias

Origin of selenophobia

From seleno- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “Moon”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Questions about selenophobia

What does selenophobia mean?
Selenophobia means an abnormal or irrational fear of the Moon.
What part of speech is selenophobia?
Selenophobia is a noun.
How do you pronounce selenophobia?
Selenophobia is pronounced /səˌli.nəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of selenophobia?
The plural of selenophobia is selenophobias.

Words near selenophobia in the dictionary

  1. selenophenes
  2. selenophile
  3. selenophiles
  4. selenophilia
  5. selenophilic
  6. selenophobia
  7. selenophorine
  8. selenophorines
  9. selenophosphate
  10. selenophosphate synthetase
  11. selenophosphate synthetases

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