hemophobia

plural hemophobias · alternative UK haemophobia · alternative obsolete hæmophobia

1. uncountableusuallyFear of blood; dread or intense discomfort at the sight of blood.

   With hemophobia, symptoms may be triggered by seeing blood in real life or on television.

   2019 November 22, Ashley Marcin, “What Is Hemophobia?”, in Healthline

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   […] there may be found practitioners of modern medicine, highly accomplished histologists, pathologists, therapeutists, etc., who, when certain acute cases confront them, evince hemophobia and eschew the lancet:

   1877 November, John Boyd, “Italian Medical Periodicals”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 23, page 455

   The conflict between himself and his family, as to whether he should return to medicine or not, was deepening […]. The nightmares were still very bad, but in any case the haemophobia alone prevented any hospital service whether in Britain or France.

   1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration, page 243

   However, hemophobia causes much more than discomfort, and someone with this condition will experience highly distressing and disruptive symptoms at the sight of blood.

   2023 August 5, Lisa Fritscher, “Understanding and Overcoming the Fear of Blood”, in Verywell Mind

   Synonyms: haematophobia