Usually means: Fear of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis.
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  1. phthisiophobia: Wiktionary
  2. phthisiophobia: Dictionary.com
  3. phthisiophobia: Grandiloquent Dictionary

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  1. phthisiophobia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)

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  1. Phthisiophobia: The Phobia List

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▸ noun:  A morbid fear of tuberculosis.

Similar:
tuberculophobia, phthisis, phthisic, syphiliphobia, syphilophobia, pathophobia, tabophobia, trichinophobia, phthisick, sitophobia, more...

Opposite:
euphobia, philophobia, philopatry

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Similar:
tuberculophobia, phthisis, phthisic, syphiliphobia, syphilophobia, pathophobia, tabophobia, trichinophobia, phthisick, sitophobia, more...

Opposite:
euphobia, philophobia, philopatry



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