aichmophobia

noun

aich·mo·pho·bia ˌāk-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə

-mō-

: a morbid fear of sharp or pointed objects (such as scissors, knives, or hypodermic needles) : belonephobia

While there is probably a touch of aichmophobia in all humans, most of us tough it out, look the other way or think of something else when we get shots …—

Ranit Mishori

aichmophobe

ˈāk-mə-ˌfōb

-mō-

noun

plural aichmophobes

aichmophobic

ˌāk-mə-ˈfō-bik

-mō-

adjective

… it eases people into acupuncture when they're aichmophobic (afraid of pointy objects) because it's also relaxing and comforting. —

Tricia Caspers

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French aichmophobie, from Greek aichmḗ "point of a spear, spear" + French -o- -o- + -phobie -phobia; aichmḗ going back to Indo-European *h₂ei̯ḱ-(s)m- (whence also Lithuanian iẽšmas "spit, skewer," Old Prussian aysmis), perhaps derivative of a verbal base *h₂ei̯ḱ- "run through (with a pointed object), spear, skewer"