Algophobia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fear of pain. uncountable
  2. 2
    a morbid fear of pain wordnet

Synonyms

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agliophobiaagliophobiaalgiophobia

Etymology

From algo- (from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)) + -phobia.

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