coprophobia

coprophobia

English

Etymology

copro- (“excrement”) +‎ -phobia (“from Ancient Greek φόβος "phobos" (fear)”)

Noun

coprophobia (uncountable)

1. A fear of feces.
   • 1997, Klaus Ewe, ‎V.F. Eckardt, ‎P. Enck, Constipation and Ano-Rectal Insufficiency

     Human coprophobia appears to have developed gradually, and was reflected in an increasing demand for, first, privacy for defaecation […]