What does cibophobia mean?
Cibophobia means The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food..
The pain pattern is so intimately related to the ingestion of food that the patient will reduce the size of meals, become reluctant to eat, and even develop frank cibophobia.
Cibophobia differs from anorexia since appetite may persist but the pearson fears eating because of some associated or subsequent discomfort.
This condition arises from cheese-related trauma (I'll leave it up to you to imagine what this might entail) and it's often considered a subcategory of cibophobia.
Use cibophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cibophobia means The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food..
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The pain pattern is so intimately related to the ingestion of food that the patient will reduce the size of meals, become reluctant to eat, and even develop frank cibophobia.
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