An intense, irrational fear of fevers or catching a fever.
Combining Latin 'febris' (fever) with Greek 'phobos' (fear), this modern psychological term follows the standard '-phobia' pattern for naming specific fears.
While rare, febriphobia represents a real anxiety disorder where people become so fearful of fever that they avoid sick people or obsessively check their temperature—it's a condition born from fever's historical association with deadly diseases.
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