belonephobia

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  • The correct medical name is trypanophobia - an irrational and often intense fear of hypodermic needles or injections - though it is regularly labelled belonephobia, this term is incorrect since it denotes a fear of pins and needles, without reference to the medical aspects.
 

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  1. Greek belonē, needle; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots + -phobia.
 

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