Meanings
- uncountableAn irrational fear of needles and pins, usually resulting in abnormal behavior and anxiety.
Another approach more familiar to Lorna is phobia cure, used for people with belonephobia.
2010, Lorna Foyle, Janis Hostad, “Finding human masterpieces: progressing cancer and palliative care education through neuro-linguistic programming”, in Lorna Foyle, Janis Hostad, editors, Illuminating the Diversity of Cancer and Palliative Care, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 794 more examples
The strapping bloke with the belonephobia was taken to a doctor who said, "We'll cut you and squeeze a few drops onto the card. […]
1989, Joseph Wambaugh, The Blooding, MysteriousPress.com, published 2011, →ISBNAgain, just being afraid of, say, needles (belonephobia) would not necessarily mean that you have OCD.
2007, Chelsea Lowe, The Everything Health Guide to OCD, F+W Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 22"That's the medical name for it, trypanophobia?" He heard the scholarly curiosity in her voice and knew she was writing it down, probably to research it the first chance she got. "Or belonephobia. Or needle phobia."
2009, Mary Margret Daughtridge, “SEALed with a Promise”, in Mary Margret Daughtridge SEALed Bundle: SEALed with a Kiss, SEALed with a Promise, SEALed with a Ring, Sourcebooks Casablanca, unnumbered pageDisturbing though that list is, it won't lead to the onset of belonephobia, the "fear of pins and needles." That only applies to fear of sharp points (belone is Greek for "needle").
2010, John Mitchinson, John Lloyd, The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong, Crown, →ISBN, page 44Synonyms: aichmophobia, trypanophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn irrational fear of needles and pins, usually resulting in abnormal behavior and anxiety.
Origin
From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “needle”) + -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
belonephobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonephobia
“belonephobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonephobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belonephobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonephobia.
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