It is a type of germophobia, the fear of contact with germs or bacteria, of contaminated places that can cause disease. From the Greek 946; 945; 954; 964; 951; 961; 953; 945; (bakteria "rod [in this case because of the shape of some bacteria]") 966; 959; 946; 959; 962; (fovos "fear"). See misophobia.
