trichinophobia

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Noun

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trichinophobia (uncountable)

  1. A morbid fear of trichinosis.
    • 1875, Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 18, page 282:
      A report made to the Indiana State Medical Society on the subject of trichina in pork, has renewed to some extent the periodical trichinophobia which afflicts the public mind.