English for Students

Scared of Taking Injections

Some people are Scared Of Taking Injections. Is there a world for it?

Needle Phobia is an expression that is commonly used by a lot of people. Doctors, on the other hand, have another name for this fear. They refer to the extreme and irritation fears of injections are trypanophobia. The y in the first syllable is like the I in bit, hit and sit and the following syllable is pronounced like the word pan. It is also possible to pronounce the a in the second syllable like the a in China. The o is like the o in go, so and no and the final syllables are pronounced like the word Phobia. The main stress is on pho. These are just two of the ways of pronouncing the word.

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