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The extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles is called:
1. trypanophobia
2. iatrophobia
3. nyctophobia
4. selenophobia

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : trypanophobia

The correct answer is trypanophobia.

  • Trypanophobia is an extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles.
  • It is also referred to as aichmophobia, belonephobia, or enetophobia.
  • Trypanophobia was officially recognized in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) in 1994.

Term Meaning
anthrophobia Fear of people.
nyctophobia Nyctophobia is an extreme fear of night or darkness that can cause intense symptoms of anxiety and depression.
selenophobia It is the fear of the moon or even darkness on a moonless night.

 

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