Etymology

nosocomephobia

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Today it means: An abnormal fear of hospitals. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνοσοκομεῖον“hospital”
  2. English todaynosocomephobia

From Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital”) + -phobia.

Words from the same roots

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