|fōbik, -bēk also |fäb- adjective combining form
or -pho·bous fəbəs
Etymology: -phobic from French -phobique, from Late Latin -phobicus, from Greek -phobikos, from -phobos fearing + -ikos -ic; phobous from Late Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos
1. : exhibiting a phobia: having an aversion for
Anglo phobic
calci phobous
helio phobous
2. chemistry : lacking or relating to lack of strong affinity for (such) a substance — opposed to -philic