Home › Words › B › bacillophobiabacillophobiabacillophobia means the fear of microbes.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bacillophobia ranks #29,379 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom bacillo- + -phobia.nounThe fear of microbes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bacillophobic 79% match — Of or relating to bacillophobia. vs bacillophobia →bacteriophobia 70% match — An abnormal fear of bacteria vs bacillophobia →bacteriophobic 69% match — Afflicted with bacteriophobia. vs bacillophobia →bacteriophobe 69% match — A person afflicted with bacteriophobia. vs bacillophobia →germophobic 64% match — Morbidly afraid of germs. vs bacillophobia →molysmophobia 63% match — A morbid fear of dirt, germs or contamination. vs bacillophobia →coprophobia 63% match — A fear of feces. vs bacillophobia →amoebophobia 62% match — The fear of amoebas. vs bacillophobia →