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tokophobes

tokophobes is the plural of tokophobe.

Meaning of tokophobe

Noun

tokophobe (plural tokophobes)

  1. One who has tokophobia.
    • tocophobe (tō´kō fōb´) A woman who dreads childbirth—or her husband who does also, for that matter. Most tocophobes have not yet had a child and are apprehensive about the graduation ceremony from being a unigravida. Some are already mothers but still (with good reason) dread labor pains. A...[1986, David Grambs, Dimboxes, Epopts, and Other Quidams: Words to Describe Life’s Indescribable People, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 124

Questions about tokophobes

What is tokophobes the plural of?
Tokophobes is the plural of tokophobe.

Words near tokophobes in the dictionary

  1. Tokomaru
  2. tokonoma
  3. tokonomas
  4. tokopat
  5. tokophobe
  6. tokophobes
  7. tokophobia
  8. tokophobic
  9. Tokoroa
  10. tokorogenin
  11. tokoronin

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