needle fear
Syringe anxiety condition
Needle fear is anxiety or phobia specifically related to hypodermic needles and injections.
The term covers a spectrum from mild discomfort to severe phobia that prevents people from seeking medical care: Her needle fear made routine blood draws an ordeal.
The clinical term is trypanophobia, but needle fear predominates in everyday speech.
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- syringeMedical injection tool
- blood drawExtracting blood for testing
- flu shotYearly illness prevention injection
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- vaccinationvaccine, vaccines, immunization, shot, shots