pathophobia
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
pathophobia
morbid fear of disease
疾病恐怖
Dissection of pathophobia
pathophobia = path (feeling; disease; weakness) + o + -phobia (morbid fear of something)
pathophobia = morbid fear of disease
Now Repeat my Dissection
pathophobia = morbid fear of disease
Important roots for this word:
path
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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