acarophobia

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ac‧a‧ro‧pho‧bia

Noun

Singular acarophobia

Plural none

1. (uncountable) The fear of feeling felt on an area of the skin that makes a person or animal to want to rub the area with a sharp object.
2. (uncountable) The fear of insects which causes the feeling felt on an area of the skin that makes a person or animal to want to rub the area with a sharp object.

   Ben suffers from the a normal form of acarophobia.