carbophobic etymology

English word carbophobic comes from English carbo- ((chemistry) carbon.), English -phobic

Detailed word origin of carbophobic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
carbo- English (eng) (chemistry) carbon.
-phobic English (eng) Used as a synonym of -phobe to form nouns.. Used to form adjectives meaning of a fear of a specific thing.. Used to form adjectives meaning of hate directed towards a particular type of person (due to fear of that type of person).
carbophobic English (eng) (chemistry) Lacking an affinity for carbohydrates. (organic chemistry) lacking an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule.

Words with the same origin as carbophobic

Descendants of carbo-
barium carbide bridged carbocation carballylic acid carbamic carbide carbocation carbochemistry carbochlorination carbodynamite carbohelicene carbohydrate carbohydrogen carbohydrous carbohæmia carbolate carbolic carbomycin carbopalladation carboranyl carbothermal carbubarb methylcarbamate polycarbamate thiocarbamate tricarballylic acid
Descendants of -phobic
Iranophobic Persophobic acrophobic ailurophobic atheophobic carcinophobic computerphobic electrophobic heliophobic hodophobic homophobic iconophobic ionophobic neophobic ophidiophobic ophiophobic philophobic photophobic pornophobic queerphobic taxaphobic transphobic xenophobic xyrophobic