Fear of needles, also known as needle phobia or trypanophobia, is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles. It is occasionally referred to as aichmophobia, belonephobia, or enetophobia, although these terms may also refer to a more general fear of sharply pointed objects.
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