Words at Play : Top 10 Unusual Phobias, Vol. 2

#8: Toxiphobia

What It Is:

Abnormal fear of poisons or of being poisoned

About the Word:

This word comes from the Latin toxicum, which means poison.

That same root gave us intoxicate, which originally meant to poison.

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