1. An abnormal fear of having any sexual relationships: Grace had such bad luck with her romantic and intimate involvements with men that she decided to have them just as friends and not in love affairs. Her doctor described this condition as coitophobia.
2. Etymology: from coitophobia which is a hybrid word derived from the Latin coitus, which is the past participle of the verb coire, "to come together" + Greek phobos, "fear".