nosocomephobia
noun
nos·o·co·me·pho·bia
ˌnä-sə-,kō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə
: intense fear of hospitals
For long-term care patients or those with nosocomephobia—the fear of hospitals—nervous lobbies and antiseptic-slathered floors may make it seem as if the perfectly sterile white walls are closing in …—Brooke Becher
Richard Nixon had one of the other fears with which many people can identify: nosocomephobia, or a fear of hospitals.—Jess Bolluyt
nosocomephobe
noun
or nosocomephobic
plural nosocomephobes or nosocomephobics
I'm a bit of a nosocomephobic. I suffer from an irrational fear of hospitals.
—Brent Schanding
nosocomephobic
adjective
nosocomephobic patients
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