Carcinophobia
noun
a fear of getting cancer; also called cancerphobia , cancerophobia
See cancerophobia
Word Origin
carcino- ‘cancer’
carcinophobia car·ci·no·pho·bi·a (kär’sə-nō-fō’bē-ə)
n.
Variant of cancerophobia.
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