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, Lead section
Toxiphobia in non-human animals is rejection of foods with tastes, odors, or appearances which are followed by illness resulted from toxins found in these foods.
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