carcinophobia

English

Etymology

From carcino- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

carcinophobia (uncountable)

1. Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.

Hyponyms

• carcinomatophobia

Derived terms

• carcinophobic

Translations

dread of contracting cancer

• Finnish: karsinofobia (fi)
• German: Karzinophobie f
• Russian: канцерофо́бия (ru) f (kancerofóbija)