hemophobiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• haemophobia (British)
• hæmophobia (obsolete)

語源

From hemo- +‎ -phobia.

発音

名詞

hemophobia (usually uncountable, plural hemophobias)

1. Fear of blood; dread or intense discomfort at the sight of blood.

   Synonym: haematophobia

   • 1877 November, John Boyd, “Italian Medical Periodicals”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal‎, volume 23, page 455:

     […] there may be found practitioners of modern medicine, highly accomplished histologists, pathologists, therapeutists, etc., who, when certain acute cases confront them, evince hemophobia and eschew the lancet:

   • 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration‎, page 243:

     The conflict between himself and his family, as to whether he should return to medicine or not, was deepening […] . The nightmares were still very bad, but in any case the haemophobia alone prevented any hospital service whether in Britain or France.

   • 2019 November 22, Ashley Marcin, “What Is Hemophobia?”, in Healthline‎:

     With hemophobia, symptoms may be triggered by seeing blood in real life or on television.

   • 2023 May 8, Lisa Fritscher, “Understanding and Overcoming the Fear of Blood”, in Verywell Mind‎:

     However, hemophobia causes much more than discomfort, and someone with this condition will experience highly distressing and disruptive symptoms at the sight of blood.