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brador
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What would be the correct latin/greek word for it?
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stavros
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Melanotrypophobia, although the Greek term is "mayri trypa", literally "black hole".
brador
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Any relation to the words melancholy?
ButlerianJihad
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Yes, that is cognate with ancient Greek
μελαγχολία
, and with the same root:
μέλας
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melancholy
stavros
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Yes, as the sibling said, melancholy means "black bile".
cwnyth
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Melanastrophobia, perhaps? "Black star phobia". I don't think a modern term has been coined for black holes from ancient Greek vocabulary.
kortilla
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Hypochondriac
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