iatrophobia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
iatrophobia (uncountable)
- An abnormal or irrational fear of doctors or going to the doctor.
- Synonyms: medicophobia, iatromisia
- 1996, Leslie A. Fiedler, Tyranny of the Normal: Essays on Bioethics, Theology & Myth, page 114:
- Though such iatrophobia has always been with us, it assumed an especially virulent form in the sixties.
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Translations[edit]
fear of doctors
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