Today's Word "Sitophobia"
Published in Vocabulary
sitophobia \sy-tuh-FO-bee-uh\ (noun) - Morbid aversion to food.
"While lowering her little girl's weight was important, June was concerned about putting her on a diet as it could place her in danger of contracting sitophobia."
From Greek sito- (food) + -phobia (fear, aversion). The word is also spelled as sitiophobia. Two related words are sitomania (abnormal craving for food), and sitology (the study of nutrition).
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