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From noso- + -phobia.
nosophobia (usually uncountable, 複数形 nosophobias)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/03/04 00:41 UTC 版)
Nosophobia is a specific phobia, an irrational fear of contracting a disease, from Greek "nosos" for "disease" (as the 1913 Webster's Dictionary put it, "morbid dread of a disease"). Primary fears of this kind are fear of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.