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Nosophobia
Nosophobia is a
specific phobia
, an irrational fear of having a
disease
, from Greek "nosos" for "disease" (as the 1913
Webster's Dictionary
put it, "morbid dread of a disease"). Primary fears are of this kind are fear of contracting
pulmonary tuberculosis
,
venereal diseases
,
cancer
, and
heart diseases
.
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nosophobia
A fear of becoming ill
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