Usually means: Irrational fear of getting cancer.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancerophobia: Collins English Dictionary
  2. cancerophobia: Wiktionary
  3. cancerophobia: Dictionary.com
  4. Cancerophobia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. cancerophobia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  6. cancerophobia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cancerophobia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancerophobia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. cancerophobia: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cancerophobia)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of cancerphobia [An inordinate dread of developing cancer.]

Similar:
cancerphobia, cancerophobe, carcinophobia, carcinomatophobia, cancerphobe, germaphobia, algiophobia, toxiphobia, cainotophobia, agliophobia, more...

Opposite:
cancerophilia, cancer acceptance, cancer positivity

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Similar:
cancerphobia, cancerophobe, carcinophobia, carcinomatophobia, cancerphobe, germaphobia, algiophobia, toxiphobia, cainotophobia, agliophobia, more...

Opposite:
cancerophilia, cancer acceptance, cancer positivity



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