centrophobia

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noun

A dislike of being in the centre.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nouncentrophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA dislike of being in the centre.

    As a test for centrophobia, we measured the time fish spent in the centre of the tank in the horizontal plane.

    2015 July 30, “A TALEN-Exon Skipping Design for a Bethlem Myopathy Model in Zebrafish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

Translations

Russian центрофо́бия
  • центрофо́бия (centrofóbija)a dislike of being in the centre
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