Meanings
comparative more emetophobic · superlative most emetophobic
- Pertaining to, or afflicted with, emetophobia, a morbid fear of vomiting.
I’m emetophobic. I’m afraid of throw-up.
2006 May 28, Regina Hall, “5 minutes with Regina Hall”, in Vibe, volume 14, number 5, →ISSN, page 542 more examples
I love to read; it was of my saving graces when I went through emetophobic episodes.
2002, Jenna Glatzer, Paul Foxman, Conquering Panic and Anxiety Disorders, page 27This is a difficult chapter, as I am a mother myself and also emetophobic.
2007, Nicolette Heaton-Harris, “Emetophobic Mothers”, in Living with Emetophobia: Coping with Extreme Fear of Vomiting, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 94
Origin
From emetophobia + -ic or emeto- + -phobic.
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