defecalgesiophobia

English

Etymology

From defec(ate) +‎ algesi(a) +‎ -o- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

defecalgesiophobia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Fear of painful bowel movements.
    • 1920, The Medical Pickwick: A Monthly Literary Magazine of Wit and Wisdom:
      Defecalgesiophobia, it has been called. Anusol Suppositories promptly remove the strain. And, with it, this most aggravating complication.
    • 1934, George Morris Piersol, Edward LeRoy Bortz, The Cyclopedia of Medicine, volume 10, F. A. Davis Company:
      […] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act.
    • 1936, The Canadian Medical Association Journal‎:
      Defecalgesiophobia―The dread of defecation because of pain is the starting point in the vicious circle of hemorrhoids. It results in constipation, and constipation favors hemorrhoid formation.
    • 2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, “Phobos”, in Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition‎, page 103:
      I guess a merinthophobic sadist / Would be unable to get satisfaction, / Unless he conquered his defecaloesiophobia [sic], / And focused down there for his action.
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