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nucleomitophobia

noun

Etymology

Coined by psychiatrist Milton Arnold Dushkin in the early 1960s, from nucleo- (“atomic nucleus”) + mito- (“mitosis”) + -phobia (“fear of”), in reference to a supposed resemblance of atomic fission to cellular division.

  1. derived from μίτος
  2. suffixed as nucleomitophobia — “mito- + -phobia”

Definitions

  1. Fear of nuclear radiation, now especially atomic bombs.

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