Meanings
nouniatrophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableAn abnormal or irrational fear of doctors or going to the doctor.
Black iatrophobia is the fear of medicine.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Introduction”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 341 more example
Though such iatrophobia has always been with us, it assumed an especially virulent form in the sixties.
1996, Leslie A. Fiedler, Tyranny of the Normal: Essays on Bioethics, Theology & Myth, page 114Synonyms: medicophobia, iatromisia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn abnormal or irrational fear of doctors or going to the doctor.
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Chinese Mandarin 醫生恐懼症 /医生恐惧症
- 醫生恐懼症 /医生恐惧症 (yīshēng kǒngjùzhèng)fear of doctors
Finnish lääkäripelko, iatrofobia
- lääkäripelkofear of doctors
- iatrofobiafear of doctors
Spanish iatrofobia
- iatrofobiafear of doctors
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