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Meaning of parasitophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

parasitophore parasitophorous vacuole parasitosis paraskavedekatriaphobia Paraskevi paraskevidekatriaphobia