vermiphobia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vermis (“worm”) + -phobia: Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊbiə === Noun === vermiphobia (uncountable) An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms. ==== See also ==== acarophobia helminthophobia scoleciphobia === References === "vermiphobia" in Robertson's Words for a Modern Age, John G. Robertson, Senior Scribe Publications, 1991, →ISBN "vermiphobia" in The American Pronouncing Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Frank O. Colby, Crowell, 1950 "vermiphobia" in Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, A. Ross Eckler, 1972