nosophobia
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Names in other languages
- العربيةرهاب المرض
- Englishnosophobia
- Françaisnosophobie
- canosofòbia
- ČeštinaNosofobie
- ΕλληνικάΝοσοφοβία
- PolskiNozofobia
- Portuguêsnosofobia
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Nosophobia, also known as disease phobia or illness anxiety disorder, is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of specific phobia. Primary fears of this kind are fear of contracting HIV infection (AIDS phobia or HIV serophobia), pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisiophobia), sexually transmitted infections (syphilophobia or venereophobia), cancer (carcinophobia), heart diseases (cardiophobia ), COVID-19 (coronaphobia ), and catching the common cold or flu. The word nosophobia comes from the Greek νόσος nosos for "disease" and φόβος, phobos, "fear".
Nosophobia, also known as disease phobia or illness anxiety disorder, is the irrational fear of contracting a disease, a type of specific phobia. Primary fears of this kind are fear of contracting HIV infection (AIDS phobia or HIV serophobia), pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisiophobia), sexually transmitted infections (syphilophobia or venereophobia), cancer (carcinophobia), heart diseases (cardiophobia ), COVID-19 (coronaphobia ), and catching the common cold or flu. The word nosophobia comes from the Greek νόσος nosos for "disease" and φόβος, phobos, "fear".
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