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cardiophobia

[ kahr-dee-oh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. an excessive preoccupation with heart disease or an irrational fear of dying from a heart attack, often presenting physical symptoms of chest pain or heart palpitations.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·徱··· adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cardiophobia1

First recorded in 1900–05; cardio- ( def ) + -phobia
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“Being someone who deals with extreme health anxiety on a daily basis, pregnancy turned things into a high gear,” she said, possibly referring to her cardiophobia, which is an anxiety disorder that causes people physical sensations such as chest pains and heart palpitations, along with fears of having a heart attack and dying.

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“I suffer from cardiophobia. And you’re like, ‘What is that?’,”

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