| 单词 | choleraphobia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˌcholeraˈphobia ˌcholeraˈphobia n. extreme or irrational fear of contracting cholera (sense 4). ΚΠ 1831 Times 27 June 6/2 It will hardly be doubted or denied that the terrible malady cholera-phobia rages at this moment, epidemically, through every spot of the British isles. 1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 427 Persons..under intense nervous excitement, imagine they are about to be attacked, when no symptoms whatever of the disease are present. These have been aptly called cases of choleraphobia. 1999 P. Baldwin Contagion & State in Europe ii. 56 The fear of the disease itself, choleraphobia, was widely considered a dangerous factor. < as lemmas |
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