cancerophobia

Variant of cancerphobia

cancerphobia definition

cancer·pho·bia (kan′sər fō′bē ə)

noun

  1. an excessive fear of getting cancer
  2. the false impression that one has cancer
Also cancerophobia can′cero·pho′·bia (-sər ō-)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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