frigophobia

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Etymology[edit]

Latin frīgus (“cold”) +‎ -phobia

Noun[edit]

frigophobia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormal and persistent fear of becoming cold or freezing.
    • 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry‎[1], →ISBN, page 98:
      Frigophobia, or "morbid fear of catching cold", is a clinical condition described by Chinesse psychiatrists as a culture-related syndrome of the Chinese (Rin, 1966).
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