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trypanophobia

trypanophobia noun: an irrational fear of medical procedures (such as injection) using needles.

Noun

trypanophobia (uncountable)

  1. An irrational fear of medical procedures (such as injection) using needles.

trypanophobia meaning in Tamil

trypanophobia in Tamil

மருந்தூசி வெருளி, நுதி வெருளி

Synonyms of trypanophobia

Origin of trypanophobia

From Ancient Greek τρῡ́πανον (trū́panon, “borer, trepan”) + -phobia. By surface analysis, trypano- + -phobia.

Questions about trypanophobia

What does trypanophobia mean?
Trypanophobia means an irrational fear of medical procedures (such as injection) using needles.
What is trypanophobia in Tamil?
Trypanophobia in Tamil is மருந்தூசி வெருளி, நுதி வெருளி. See Trypanophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trypanophobia?
Trypanophobia is a noun.

Words near trypanophobia in the dictionary

  1. trypanocides
  2. trypanolysis
  3. trypanolytic
  4. trypanophobe
  5. trypanophobes
  6. trypanophobia
  7. trypanophobic
  8. trypanorhynch
  9. trypanorhynchs
  10. trypanosomacidal
  11. trypanosomacide

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