Meanings
nouncarcinophobia (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInordinate dread of contracting cancer.
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Translations
Finnish karsinofobia
- karsinofobiadread of contracting cancer
German Karzinophobie
- Karzinophobiedread of contracting cancer
Russian канцерофо́бия
- канцерофо́бия (kancerofóbija)dread of contracting cancer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with carcinophobia
phobiahomophobiaxenophobiaagoraphobiaclaustrophobiaaphobiaZenobiaphotophobiaarachnophobiaacrophobiahydrophobiaablutophobiaacephobiaacousticophobiaadverbophobiaaerophobiaagraphobiaaibohphobiaaichmophobiaalgophobiaaltophobiaamathophobiaamaxophobiaambulophobia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
carcinophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcinophobia
MLA
“carcinophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcinophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carcinophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carcinophobia.
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