The term is believed to have first appeared on a digital forum in 2005, and refers to a fear of clusters of small holes or repetitive patterns in things such as strawberries, lotus seed pods and ...

People who feel uncomfortable or even repulsed by clusters of small holes—such as those found in lotus seed pods or honeycombs—are more likely to feel disgust than fear when confronted with these ...

Trypophobia is the fear of clusters of small circular holes ... that sufferers unconsciously associated circular holes with the patterns on potentially dangerous animals, such as the venomous ...