sitophobia

[ sahy-tuh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

1. 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 Words From

• si·to·pho·bic adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitophobia¹

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