aerophobia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)

Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der.

English aero-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der.

Latin

New Latinbor.

English -phobia

English aerophobia

From aero- + -phobia.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛə.ɹoʊˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: ae‧ro‧pho‧bi‧a
• Rhymes: -əʊbiə

Noun

aerophobia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.

   The patient was diagnosed after displaying both aerophobia and acute hydrophobia.

   • 2011 September 22, Daniel D. Truong, Robert P. Lisak, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, William Carroll, International Neurology, →ISBN, page 321:

     Furious rabies, the more common presentation, involves the brainstem, the limbic system, the hypothalamus, and the autonomic center. It is characterized by hydrophobia, aerophobia, and episodic generalized arousal interrupted by periods of lucidity.

2. An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.

   I can't understand your aerophobia on days this warm.

3. (travel) Fear of flying

   Many first-time flyers suffer from aerophobia, though some hide it better than others.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:aerophobia.

Translations

aversion to air

• Polish: aerofobia (pl) f

aversion to drafts

fear of flying — see also aviophobia

• Danish: aerofobi (da) c, flyskræk c
• Finnish: lentopelko
• Greek: αεροφοβία (el) f (aerofovía), πετοφοβία (el) f (petofovía)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aerofobi (no) m

  Nynorsk: aerofobi m

• Polish: aerofobia (pl) f
• Portuguese: aerofobia (pt) f
• Turkish: aerofobi, uçak korkusu