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gonophobia en · NOUN

Etymology

From gonorrhoea + -phobia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An excessive fear of gonorrhoea, especially when accompanied by a hypochondriacal belief that any genital discharge is a symptom of gonorrhea.
   • Not uncommonly the constantly recurring vaginal discharge, or the non-gonococcal urethritis in the male has led to the development of a gonophobia. 1961, Ralph Campbell Lindsay Batchelor, Marjorie Murrell, A short manual of venereal diseases and treponematosis, page 223:
   • This, in my opinion, was a true case of gonophobia, fostered and encouraged by a druggist for financial reasons. 1899, Medical Art and Indianapolis Medical Journal - Volume 2, page 50:
   • Sexual fear with regard to the woman may assume various modalities which disguise it from the instinct itself; the most frequent are syphilophobia and gonophobia, and also the suspicion of being deceived, of being made a cuckold,... 1932, Gregorio Marañón, The evolution of sex and intersexual conditions, page 190:
   • Symptomatology had first been noted during an Ob-Gyn rotation, when flushing, blushing, gonophobia, and sympathetic labor pains and hot flashes occurred. 1980, The Caducean, page 151:

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