opiophobia

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noun

An aversion to prescribing opiates.

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Meanings

nounopiophobia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn aversion to prescribing opiates.

    The rise of opiophobia among clinicians could be one explanation. Additionally, as pointed out previously, health care professionals are frequently not trained to prescribe opioid analgesics.

    2015 August 28, Darko Krnic et al., “National consumption of opioid and nonopioid analgesics in Croatia: 2007–2013”, in Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, volume 11, →DOI

Origin

From opio- + -phobia.

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opiophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opiophobia

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“opiophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/opiophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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