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单词 emetophobia
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Definition of emetophobia in English:

emetophobia

nounɪˌmɛtəˈfəʊbɪəəˌmɛdəˈfoʊbiə
mass noun
  • Extreme fear of vomiting.

    she first remembers experiencing emetophobia at boarding school at the age of six
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Emetophobia varies enormously in how it effects sufferers.
    • She had such extreme emetophobia that she deprived herself of the opportunity of motherhood, a choice she now regrets.
    • Despite suffering with emetophobia for nearly 75 years, last year she finally tackled her fear with the support of a therapist.
    • So we were shocked when my daughter developed emetophobia in first grade, the same age I was.
    • Learning to relinquish control is key in overcoming emetophobia, according to Dr Veale.
    • Obviously, I have issues with food related to the emetophobia.
    • I have emetophobia, an intense fear of vomiting, which has ruled my thoughts and my life for the best part of a decade.
    • Doctors readily diagnose the OCD, but often fail to identify the underlying problem of the emetophobia.
    • The phobia - known as emetophobia - is so severe that she rarely leaves the house and is unable to work.
    • Emetophobia routinely leads to a fear of germs and a compulsion to clean and wash.

Derivatives

  • emetophobic

  • adjectiveˌɛmətəˈfəʊbɪkˌɛmədəˈfoʊbɪk
    • Having an extreme or irrational fear of vomiting.

      I'm severely emetophobic and suffer with anxiety
      Example sentencesExamples
      • last night our emetophobic daughter came down with a stomach virus
      • He sounds exactly like me before I was diagnosed with it (though I never drank because I'm severely emetophobic).
      • We report a case of emetophobic child whose fear of vomiting started after an attack of acute appendicitis.
      • Mine started out as a sore throat and ended with a stomach virus and for an emetophobic like me, that was no fun experience.

Origin

1970s: from Greek emetikos 'vomiting', from emein 'to vomit' + -phobia.

 
 

Definition of emetophobia in US English:

emetophobia

nounəˌmɛdəˈfoʊbiəəˌmedəˈfōbēə
  • Extreme fear of vomiting.

    she first remembers experiencing emetophobia at boarding school at the age of six
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Doctors readily diagnose the OCD, but often fail to identify the underlying problem of the emetophobia.
    • The phobia - known as emetophobia - is so severe that she rarely leaves the house and is unable to work.
    • Obviously, I have issues with food related to the emetophobia.
    • Learning to relinquish control is key in overcoming emetophobia, according to Dr Veale.
    • Emetophobia varies enormously in how it effects sufferers.
    • Despite suffering with emetophobia for nearly 75 years, last year she finally tackled her fear with the support of a therapist.
    • So we were shocked when my daughter developed emetophobia in first grade, the same age I was.
    • She had such extreme emetophobia that she deprived herself of the opportunity of motherhood, a choice she now regrets.
    • I have emetophobia, an intense fear of vomiting, which has ruled my thoughts and my life for the best part of a decade.
    • Emetophobia routinely leads to a fear of germs and a compulsion to clean and wash.

Origin

1970s: from Greek emetikos ‘vomiting’, from emein ‘to vomit’ + -phobia.

 
 
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