English Dictionary

steroidphobia

noun

(medicine) The fear of using therapeutic steroids, often caused by concerns of their side effects.

Many patients have steroidphobia and refuse to take prescribed steroid medications.

意味（1）

(medicine) The fear of using therapeutic steroids, often caused by concerns of their side effects.

Unfortunately, many patients (and some doctors) have steroidphobia, which means that they are unduly apprehensive about using prednisone for short periods of time in unstable asthma.