radiophobia en · NOUN
Etymology
From radio- + -phobia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The fear of radiation.
Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic.
2012 July 19, Shane Smith, 3:25 from the start, in Hunting the Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl, Vice Media:
- (uncountable) The fear of X-rays.