emetophobia

Also known as fear of vomiting.

It came up in conversation and I needed to know the word. But the thing is, it isn't fear of my own vomiting that gets me. It's fear of other people vomiting. Seriously, this is one of the grossest bits of human physiology. If I'm vomiting, I know I can usually make it to toilet and really, I'm too busy being sick to fear my own vomiting. Sometimes you actually wish for it, knowing that as soon as you puke, you'll feel better.

It's another story when it is somebody else doing the vomiting. I don't even deal with baby spit up well. I would not have done well as a Roman going into a vomitorium (which is actually not true, but everyone has heard of it).

So this is my fear. I'll be on a rollercoaster or that centrifugal ride and someone will throw up and the forces of the ride will splatter it far and wide. You always hear stories like that. I've never experienced it, but it is a big fear of mine. More than just grossed, actually afraid of it.

Is there a word for that? It's not emetophobia, which is fear of vomiting yourself. This is something different.