nucleomitophobia
Meanings
Noun
- Fear of nuclear radiation, now especially atomic bombs.
Origin / Etymology
Coined by psychiatrist Milton Arnold Dushkin in the early 1960s, from nucleo- (“atomic nucleus”) + mito- (“mitosis”) + -phobia (“fear of”), in reference to a supposed resemblance of atomic fission to cellular division.
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