trypophobia

/ˌtrɪpəˈfoʊbiə/

If the sight of a cluster of small bubbles makes you feel frightened and queasy, you may suffer from trypophobia, an intense fear of repeated patterns of holes.

For some people, looking at anything that's dotted with small holes triggers a feeling of fear or disgust. Although trypophobia isn't a specific psychiatric disorder, it's considered a phobia, or deep, specific fear. Repeated patterns of holes, like the ones in honeycomb, the head of a lotus seed pod, or barnacles on a rock, make people with trypophobia feel disgusted, fearful, or both. Trypophobia was coined in 2005, from the Greek trûpa, "hole," and phobia, "fear."

Definitions of trypophobia

1. noun

   a morbid fear of clustered small holes or patterns made by small holes