hemophobiathe fear of blood

What the Word

What the word

the fear of blood

hemophobia (medical term)

hematophobia (variant spelling)

blood phobia (plain phrasing)

hemaphobia (less common form)

haematophobia (British spelling)

Synonym

hemophobia

blood phobia

haemophobia (UK) hematophobia (US variant)

fear of blood

blood phobia blood fear (lay)

trigger context

blood injury phobia (BII) injection phobia (near) wound phobia (near)

sufferer

hemophobe (rare) hemophobic (adj)

Thesaurus

hemophobia

The fear

blood phobia (common) hematophobia (variant) hemaphobia (misspelling)

The trigger

blood (object) sight of blood (stimulus) injury (cause) wound needle (medical) surgery (context) blood draw (procedure) menstruation (trigger) nosebleed

The reaction

fainting (common) syncope (medical) vasovagal response (mechanism) nausea dizziness sweating trembling palpitations panic hyperventilation avoidance (behavior)

Related phobias

trypanophobia (needles) traumatophobia (injury) nosocomephobia (hospitals) tomophobia (surgery)

Terms and people

hemophobe (person) hemophobic (adjective) blood-injection-injury phobia (clinical class) vasovagal syncope (condition)

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