odontophobic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who fears dentistry.
    — Odontophobics are normally inclined to continually postpone treatment, clinging to pharmacological therapies (antibiotics and/or painkillers) which, postponing the solution of the problem, produce a serious worsening of the initial picture with a progressive loss of mastication and a consequent aesthetic compromise [2].
形容词 adj.
  1. Having an irrational fear of dentistry.
    — Odontophobia is a rather unique phobia with special psychosomatic components that impact on the dental health of odontophobic persons.

词形变化

more odontophobic comparative most odontophobic superlative odontophobics plural

词源

词源 1
From odonto- + -phobic.
词源 2
From odonto- + -phobic.
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