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sitophobia

American

[sahy-tuh-foh-bee-uh] / ˌsaɪ təˈfoʊ bi ə /

noun

an extreme aversion to eating or to food: People who suffer from sitophobia are constantly sniffing perishables in their refrigerator or checking the expiration dates on their groceries.

It's not that I didn't have an appetite during chemo, but knowing that eating anything would end in vomiting led to sitophobia.
People who suffer from sitophobia are constantly sniffing perishables in their refrigerator or checking the expiration dates on their groceries.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

sitophobic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of sitophobia

First recorded in 1880–85; sito- + -phobia

Example Sentences

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After a time some of these people of nervous constitution acquire an actual dread of over-eating and develop what has been called sitophobia, or dread of food.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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