maieusiophobia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μαίευσις (maíeusis, “delivery (act of giving birth)”) + -phobia.
Noun
[edit]maieusiophobia (uncountable)
- (archaic) Morbid dread of childbirth.
- 1912, American Surgical Journal, volume 26, page 277:
- The perversion of normal maternal instinct known as maieusiophobia accounts for a few childless marriages, which may be attributed principally to the erroneous ideas advanced by mothers in the education of their daughters […]