coprophobia

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From copro- (“excrement”) +‎ -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος "phobos" (fear)”).

Noun

[edit]

coprophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of feces.
    • 1997, Klaus Ewe, V.F. Eckardt, P. Enck, Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency‎[1]:
      Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=coprophobia&oldid=81133299"