Toxiphobia in non-human animals is the rejection of foods with tastes, odors or appearances that have been followed by illness resulting from toxins found in those foods. In humans, toxiphobia is the irrational fear of poisons and of being poisoned.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Connections
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Source Toxiphobia (Wikipedia)
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1. Toxiphobia (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia Toxiphobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Categories
Wikipedia article 'Toxiphobia' is filed under Category:Phobias.
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