α. 1700s airophobia, 1700s– aerophobia, 1800s aërophobia.
β. 1800s aerophoby, 1800s aërophoby.
单词 | aerophobia |
释义 | aerophobian.α. 1700s airophobia, 1700s– aerophobia, 1800s aërophobia. β. 1800s aerophoby, 1800s aërophoby. 1. Medicine. Dread of or abnormal sensitivity to (the movement of) air, spec. as a symptom of rabies (see quot. 1929; cf. hydrophobia n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > rabies ragec1425 hydrophobia1547 rabies1649 dog madness1678 lyssa1706 rabiosity1749 canine madness1750 aerophobia1754 hydrophoby- 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 60/1 Aerophobia, among physicians, signifies the dread of air, which is a symptom of the phrenzy. 1769 B. Alexander tr. G. B. Morgagni Seats & Causes Dis. I. i. 172 In imitation of those whom Cælius, in like manner, speaks of.., who would have call'd the fear of air, for example, aerophobia. 1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 23/1 Aërophobia, a fear, or dread of any current of air, because in hydrophobia and some other diseases.., it is apt to induce a paroxysm: aërophoby. 1876 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 72 84 The aërophobia alone indicated the excessive hyperæsthesia. 1929 Lancet 5 Oct. 741/2 Another constant symptom is aerophobia—i.e., spasms are elicited by a light blowing on the patient's face or by a draught of warm or cold air. 1984 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 38 156/1 Agathias makes no allusion to hydrophobia, photophobia, and aerophobia, all characteristic of human rabies. 2007 Internat. Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 11 32/2 The majority of victims had hydrophobia (95.7%), followed by aerophobia (66.4%), photophobia (33.2%), and paralysis (21.3%). 2. Dislike of fresh air; irrational fear of draughts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational fears pneumatophobia1678 hydrophobia1760 aerophobia1771 panophobia1784 phobia1786 pantophobia1807 necrophobia1833 phoby1834 syphilomania1838 hippophobia1840 phonophobia1841 syphilophobia1842 scotophobia1844 astrophobia1855 sitomania1859 sitophobia1859 thanatophobia1860 Satanophobia1861 batrachophobia1863 panphobia1870 agoraphobia1871 bogyphobia1872 pathophobia1873 aquaphobia1875 toxiphobia1876 claustrophobia1879 cynophobia1879 mysophobia1879 siderodromophobia1879 phthisiophobia1883 sitiophobia1884 ochlophobia1885 sitiomania1887 acrophobia1888 zoophobia1888 leprophobia1889 nosophobia1889 pamphobia1890 bacteriophobia1894 tuberculophobia1894 taeniiphobia1897 thalassophobia1897 topophobia1899 dysmorphophobia1900 akathisia1903 cremnophobia1903 musicophobia1903 ailurophobia1905 brontophobia1905 phobism1914 arachnophobia1925 school phobia1930 coprophobia1934 mycophobia1957 arachniphobia1966 computer phobia1972 coulrophobia1997 1771 M. Hewson Let. 2 Nov. in B. Franklin Papers (1974) XVIII. 239 He is never troubled with Airophobia, but seems delighted with fresh Air. 1785 B. Franklin Let. 28 Aug. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (1786) 2 21 I myself had formed this prejudice, this aerophobia, as I now account it. 1797 M. Mears Pupil of Nature iv. 47 The Doctor indulges in some pleasant sallies, with the hope of curing people of the aerophobia, or dread of air, which, he says, distresses weak minds, and makes them chuse to be stifled and poisoned, rather than leave open the window of a bed-chamber. 1835 Mechanics' Mag. 23 457/2 Many others as well as myself have doubtless been annoyed by the aerophobia of many who travel by our public carriages, and the pertinacity of such persons in keeping the windows closed. 1993 New Scientist 18 Dec. 24/1 Specific phobias are more common in women than men. Examples include:..Aerophobia—fear of draughts or of flying. 3. The fear of air travel. ΚΠ 1966 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Apr. 33/2 While air travel is a practical necessity and relatively safe, many players are subject to a high degree of aerophobia. 1977 Washington Post 7 Oct. c14/1 One flies to Los Angeles (aerophobia), gets on a freeway (autophobia), rides a crowded elevator (claustrophia) [etc.]. 1992 Time 27 Apr. 42/1 Staggered by the recession, constant fare fights and a global epidemic of aerophobia..U.S. airlines have lost more than $6 billion since 1990. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health i. 32 It's quite normal to suffer a degree of anxiety when flying, but severe, debilitating aerophobia, like any other phobia, is almost always irrational. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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