acarophobia

English

Etymology

From acaro- +‎ -phobia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌækəɹəˈfəʊbi.ə/

Noun

acarophobia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
    His acarophobia was obvious from his reaction when I told him he had lice.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Dr. Gale E. Ridge, “Delusory parasitosis. The belief of being lived on by arthropods or other organisms”, in The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station‎[1], page 1:
      The term delusions of parasitosis was coined by Wilson and Miller (1946) dispelling earlier use of the word acarophobia (Thibierge 1894), entomophobia, and parasitophobia.

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