lyssophobia
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lyssophobia
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From lyssa + -o- + -phobia.
noun
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The fear of lyssa (rabies), or madness.
A young man, 24 years of age, employed as a clerk in a dry goods store, was bitten on a Saturday morning bu a watchdog belonging to the proprietor. […] [H]e stated that he had been reading about rabies and the symptoms which would develop in man from the bite of a rabid dog, and insisted that he was
Similar: hydrophobophobia
Talk about this word "lyssophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lyssophobia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lyssophobia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lyssophobia "lyssophobia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lyssophobia.Cite this
@misc{lyssophobia_2026,
title = {lyssophobia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lyssophobia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
