‘The dread of air, a kind of phrenzy.’ Ash, 1775. Also fig.
1785. Franklin, Lett., Wks. 1840, VI. 526. I myself had formed this prejudice, this aërophobia, as I now account it.
1847. Craig, Aerophobia, the dread of air; a symptom of hydrophobia.
1853. Mayne, Aerophobia … aërophoby.
