dysmorphophobia

dysmorphophobia
SYN: body dysmorphic disorder. [dys- + G. morphe, form, + phobos, fear]

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n.
a fixed distressing belief that one's body is deformed and repulsive, or an excessive fear that it might become so.

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dys·mor·pho·pho·bia (dis-mor″fo-foґbe-ə) [dys- + morpho- + -phobia] body dysmorphic disorder.

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