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单词 nosocomephobia
释义

nosocomephobia

noun

nos·​o·​co·​me·​pho·​bia ˌnä-sə-,kō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə How to pronounce nosocomephobia (audio)
: intense fear of hospitals
For long-term care patients or those with nosocomephobia—the fear of hospitals—nervous lobbies and antiseptic-slathered floors may make it seem as if the perfectly sterile white walls are closing in … Brooke Becher
Richard Nixon had one of the other fears with which many people can identify: nosocomephobia, or a fear of hospitals. Jess Bolluyt
nosocomephobe
ˌnä-sə-ˈkō-mə-ˌfōb How to pronounce nosocomephobia (audio)
noun
or nosocomephobic
ˌnä-sə-,kō-mə-ˈfō-bik How to pronounce nosocomephobia (audio)
plural nosocomephobes or nosocomephobics
I'm a bit of a nosocomephobic. I suffer from an irrational fear of hospitals. Brent Schanding
nosocomephobic adjective
nosocomephobic patients

Word History

Etymology

irregularly from Late Latin nosocomium "hospital" + -phobia — more at nosocomial

Note: The regularly formed compound from these elements would be nosocomiophobia, which is occasionally found.

First Known Use

circa 1958, in the meaning defined above

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