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Meaning of "pathophobia" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PATHOPHOBIA

ˌpæθəʊˈfəʊbɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATHOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pathophobia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PATHOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pathophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of pathophobia in the dictionary is an irrational fear for your health; a fear of disease.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATHOPHOBIA

acrophobia · aerophobia · agoraphobia · arachnophobia · claustrophobia · emetophobia · homophobia · hydrophobia · Islamophobia · monophobia · neophobia · nomophobia · nyctophobia · phobia · phonophobia · photophobia · scopophobia · technophobia · triskaidekaphobia · xenophobia

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATHOPHOBIA

pathogenesis · pathogenetic · pathogenic · pathogenicity · pathogenous · pathogeny · pathognomonic · pathognomonically · pathognomy · pathography · pathologic · pathological · pathologically · pathologies · pathologise · pathologist · pathologize · pathology · pathophysiology · pathos

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATHOPHOBIA

aichmophobia · ailurophobia · algophobia · anglophobia · anthropophobia · aquaphobia · astraphobia · astrophobia · autophobia · gynophobia · necrophobia · ornithophobia · panophobia · pyrophobia · Russophobia · school phobia · sitophobia · social phobia · thanatophobia · Zenobia · zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of pathophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pathophobia» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PATHOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of pathophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pathophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pathophobia» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

pathophobia
1,325 millions of speakers
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Pathofobia
570 millions of speakers
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English

pathophobia
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

pathophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رهاب المرض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

pathophobia
278 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
270 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
260 millions of speakers
fr

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pathophobia
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pathophobia
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

pathophobia
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

pathophobia
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

pathophobia
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pathophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pathophobia
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இயற்கை மீறிய நோய் அச்சம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पॅथोफोबिया
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

pathophobia
70 millions of speakers
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patofobia
65 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
50 millions of speakers
uk

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pathophobia
40 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
30 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
15 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
14 millions of speakers
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pathophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

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pathophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pathophobia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOPHOBIA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of pathophobia
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pathophobia».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pathophobia

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATHOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of pathophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pathophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine: ...
Pathophobia. Although hypochondriasis belongs in the list of disorders of the mind, ~ the mental aberration is not regarded as amounting to insanity, and patients with this affection are not proper subjects for treatment at lunatic asylums .
Austin Flint, 1868
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A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (neurasthenia): ...
This pathophobia is not a new disease — it is, indeed, a very old one; and I believe that through the increase in culture it is relatively diminishing; just like the forms of hysteria, epilepsy, and chorea, that were so common in the middle ages.
George Miller Beard, Alphonso David Rockwell, 1888
3
Human Behavior and Law Enforcement
It is irrational because normal individuals do not perceive such object, activity or situation as dangerous or threatening. Examples are: Pathophobia (fear of diseases), Nyctophobia (fear of darkness), Claustrophobia (fear of closed places) etc.
James Vadackumchery, John Kattakayam, 1995
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Biological Control: Benefits and Risks
This has caused some pathologists to claim that: 'despite the lack of documented serious conflicts, there is an air of pathophobia that has brought to a virtual standstill the application of the classical approach in the use of plant pathogens for ...
Heikki M. T. Hokkanen, James M. Lynch, 2003
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Documentary history of psychiatry: a source book on ...
This pathophobia is not a new disease— it is, indeed, a very old one; and I believe that through the increase in culture it is relatively diminishing; just like the form of hysteria, epilepsy, and chorea, that were so common in the middle ages. Third ...
Charles E. Goshen, 1967
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The Cincinnati Lancet-clinic
In bettering the morale of the patient by giving him more confidence in his extremities, the persisent ideas of pathophobia which cause so much misery in tabetics are dispersed. 5. The treatment is indicated in all stages of locomotor ataxia.
‎1897
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Mental illness—Classification Operations, Surgical—Classification Nosophobia (May Subd Geog) UF Disease phobia Diseases—Fear Diseases, Fear of Fear of diseases Pathophobia BT Phobias Sick—Psychology NT AIDS phobia Noss, ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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Confessions of A Hypnotist
Agoraphobia Fear of Open Spaces Claustrophobia Fear of Enclosed Spaces Nosophobia Fear of Disease Pathophobia Fear of Suffering Astraphobia Fear of Thunder Monophobia Fear of Loneliness MisophobiaFearof Dirt and Germs ...
Jonathan Royle, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Veterinary pathology Pathology laboratories USE Pathological laboratories Pathophobia USE Nosophobia Pathophysiology USE Physiology, Pathological Pathos BT Emotions Suffering Sympathy PATHOS (Computer operating system) UF ...
‎1989
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Health and Happiness with Hypnosis
... open spaces Chionophobia: fear of snow Frigophobia: fear of the cold Gamophobia: fear of marriage Genuphobia: fear of knees Lyssophobia: fear of insanity Monophobia: fear of being alone Nyctophobia: fear of darkness Pathophobia: fear ...
Bryan M. Knight, 1994

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATHOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pathophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yes, I'll have NO bananas
... this condition is variously labelled in phobic circles as nosophobia, nosemaphobia or pathophobia - the fear of disease and/or suffering. «The Age, Apr 08»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pathophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pathophobia>. Jun 2026 ».
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