parasitophobia

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noun

A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.

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Meanings

nounparasitophobia (usually uncountable, plural parasitophobias)

plural parasitophobias

  1. uncountableusuallyA morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.

    The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.

    (Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, page 1

Origin

From parasite + -o- + -phobia.

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