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Psychiatry
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.
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neophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Neophobia is the fear of new things or experiences. It is also called cainotophobia.
nosophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Nosophobia is a specific phobia, an irrational fear of contracting a disease, from Greek "nosos" for "disease" (as the 1913 Webster's Dictionary put it, "morbid dread of a ...
nyctophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Nyctophobia is a phobia characterized by a severe fear of the darkness.
oikophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Oikophobia, also ecophobia, is a term used in psychiatry to refer to an aversion to home surroundings.
osmophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Osmophobia or olfactophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to smells or odors.
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