aichmophobia

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αιχμή (aikhmḗ, “spearhead”) + -phobia. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊbiə === Noun === aichmophobia (uncountable) The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects. 1963, Robert Heinlein, Glory Road, Ch.1, at p.10: Some people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia. Idiots who drive cars a hundred miles an hour on fifty-mile-an-hour roads will nevertheless panic at the sight of a bare blade. ==== Synonyms ==== belonephobia trypanophobia ==== Translations ====