-pho·bic \|fōbik, -bēk also |fäb-\adjective combining form or-pho·bous\fəbəs\ Etymology:-phobic from French -phobique, from Late Latin -phobicus, from Greek -phobikos, from -phobos fearing + -ikos -ic; phobous from Late Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos 1.: exhibiting a phobia: having an aversion for < Anglophobic > < calciphobous > < heliophobous > 2.chemistry: lacking or relating to lack of strong affinity for (such) a substance — opposed to -philic