Necrophobia
[nek-ruh-foh-bee-uh] /ˌnɛk rəˈfoʊ bi ə/
noun, Psychiatry.
1.
an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
2.
an abnormal fear of dead bodies.
/ˌnɛkrəʊˈfəʊbɪə/
noun
1.
an abnormal fear of death or dead bodies
n.
“abnormal fear of death or corpses,” 1833, from necro- + -phobia “fear.” Related: Necrophobic.
necrophobia nec·ro·pho·bi·a (něk’rə-fō’bē-ə)
n.
An abnormal fear of death or corpses.
nec’ro·pho’bic adj.
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