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Meaning of radiophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The fear of radiation.
    uncountable
  2. The fear of X-rays.
    uncountable

Examples

“Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Radiophone radiophonics radiophony radiophosphate radiophosphorus radiophoto

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