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Based on the following etymological information, what is the meaning of the word hemophobia? claustrophobia: Latin claustrum "a place shut in" + Latin phobia "fear" hemisphere: Greek hemi "half" + Greek
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Based on the following etymological information, what is the meaning of the word hemophobia?

claustrophobia: Latin claustrum "a place shut in" + Latin phobia "fear"
hemisphere: Greek hemi "half" + Greek sphaira "sphere"
hemoglobin: Greek haima "blood" + Greek globulin "a type of simple protein"
photograph: Greek phot "light" + graph "instrument for recording"

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Fear of blood. Hemo=blood, phobia=fear. Therefore, with this in mind, the answer is the fear of blood.
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