frigophobia
English
Etymology
Latin frīgus (“cold”) + -phobia
Noun
frigophobia (uncountable)
- An abnormal and persistent fear of becoming cold or freezing.
- 2003, Wen-Shing Tseng, Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry, →ISBN, page 98:
- Frigophobia, or "morbid fear of catching cold", is a clinical condition described by Chinesse psychiatrists as a culture-related syndrome of the Chinese (Rin, 1966).
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