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Definition of Cynophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of dogs.
Definition of Cynophobia
1. Noun. An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Cynophobia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynophobia
Literary usage of Cynophobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buffalo Medical Journal (1887)
"cynophobia. An epidemic of disease hitherto undescribed in medical literature is
now prevalent in Buffalo, raging with especial severity among the aldermen. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"DISORDERS OP. CYCLOPLEGIA.—Paralysis of the ciliary muscle. cynophobia.—The
hysterical symptoms produced in a nervous person by the bite of a healthy dog. ..."
3. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"It is, however, not improbable that in the wild notion of Goethe, joined with
his cynophobia, we find a survival of ..."
4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1869)
"... or, as it has been termed, cynophobia. Of the former one recovered, and two died.
The case terminating- successfully was that of a lad of 14, ..."
5. The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1916)
"... hallucination of some one tugging at his coat. He is mortally afraid of the
dead and shuns a funeral. The patient has also a fear of dogs, a cynophobia. ..."
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