needle phobia
needle phobia
Morbid fear of needles, pins and other sharp objects, which is usually understood to mean morbid fear of hypodermic needles. Unlike the cornucopia of invented lexical phobias—e.g., arachibutyrophobia, the morbid fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one’s mouth; cathisophobia, the morbid fear of sitting down; or lachanophobia, the morbid fear of vegetables—needle phobia is a genuine morbid fear, and has engendered a body of research into the neurologic and psychological responses to needles.None of the proposed lexical alternatives—aichmophobia, belonephobia, enetophobia, trypanophobia—are in common use or more commonly understood than the more simplistic needle phobia.