parasitophobia

English

Etymology

From parasite +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

parasitophobia (usually uncountable, plural parasitophobias)

  1. A morbid fear of becoming infested with parasites.
    • (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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