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Entire Body System
- Pain
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: algophobia (noun) a morbid fear of pain Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: algophobia (Noun) Fear of pain. Origin: From ἄλγος + -phobia. [definitions.net]
Algophobia / Algiophobia is a phobia of pain - an abnormal and persistent fear of pain that is far more powerful than that of a normal person. [1] Algophobia is much more common in elderly people. [2] It can be treated with behavioral therapy and anti-anxiety [en.wikipedia.org]
A person suffering from algophobia will feel psychological pain from the phobia, which again triggers the phobia and causes more pain, and so on in a destructive cycle. [wikidoc.org]
Conjugator | in context | images WR Apps: Android & iPhone Word of the day WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2019 al•go•pho•bi•a (al′gə fō ′ bē ə), USA pronunciation n. [ Psychiatry. ] Psychiatry an abnormal dread of pain [wordreference.com]
- Turkish
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Gastrointestinal
- Nausea
Symptoms Algophobia can result in various symptoms including breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitations, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, anger or losing control, a [wikidoc.org]
Psychiatrical
- Fear
Fear and Phobias. Mental Health and the Elderly: A Social Work Perspective, 271. ^ McNiel, D. & Rainwater, A (1998). Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Volume 21, Number 4. [en.wikipedia.org]
Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: algophobia (noun) a morbid fear of pain Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: algophobia (Noun) Fear of pain. Origin: From ἄλγος + -phobia. [definitions.net]
The fear is excessive, beyond that which is expected under the circumstances, producing an anxiety reaction. [wikidoc.org]
Neurologic
- Hyperalgesia
This person will begin to anticipate the problems and experience the results before anything actually happens to them. [2] People suffering from this probably have hyperalgesia. [en.wikipedia.org]