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Bacillophobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria). A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy … Medical dictionary
bacillophobia — A fear of germs … Grandiloquent dictionary
бациллофобия — (bacillophobia; бациллы + фобия) см. Бактериофобия … Большой медицинский словарь
Бациллофоби́я — (bacillophobia; Бацилла + Фобия) см. Бактериофобия … Медицинская энциклопедия
-phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… … Wikipedia
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Mysophobia — is a term used to describe a pathological fear of contamination and germs. Someone who has such a fear is referred to as a mysophobe. The term was introduced by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive compulsive… … Wikipedia
Bacteriaphobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of germs. Sufferers from bacteriaphobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize that most germs are not pathogens (disease causing germs). To avoid germs, they may repeat cleaning rituals, such as washing … Medical dictionary
Fear of bacilli (bacteria) — An abnormal and persistent fear of bacilli (bacteria). A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy … Medical dictionary
List of phobias — This article is about the suffix phobia. For the class of psychological disorders, see Phobia. Contents 1 Psychological conditions 1.1 Animal phobias … Wikipedia
