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疾病恐怖症 (しっぺいきょうふしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

疾しっ病ぺい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

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Meanings

1

nosophobia; disease phobia

Medical term for an irrational fear of contracting a disease.

疾しっ病ぺい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうの患かん者じゃは、少

すこ

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の

症しょう

状じょう

で

も

重じゅう

病びょう

を

疑うたが

う

こと

が

ある

。

Patients with nosophobia may suspect a serious illness even from minor symptoms.

Kanji

疾rapidly
病ill, sick
恐fear, dread, awe
怖dreadful, be frightened, fearful
症symptoms, illness

Related words

心しん気き症しょう
心気症 (hypochondriasis) involves excessive worry about having a serious illness despite medical reassurance, while 疾病恐怖症 is a specific phobia of contracting a disease.

Built from

疾しっ病ぺい+恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

Etymology

Compound of 疾病 (disease) + 恐怖症 (phobia). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term follows the standard pattern for naming phobias in medical Japanese.