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A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος,phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding despite the fear, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational.
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murophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Fear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias. It is sometimes referred to as musophobia (from Latin mus for "mouse") or murophobia (a coinage from the taxonomic adjective "murine" ...
ophidiophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. Fear of snakes is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles and/or ...
ornithophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Ornithophobia is a type of specific phobia, an abnormal, irrational fear of birds.
scoleciphobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
scoleciphobia, is the one who fears worms, actually people who fear worms have connected it with dead, when ''dead body'' is ''eaten' by worms, etc.
claustrophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being closed in.
decidophobia
Psychiatry; Phobias
decidophobia, is the fear of making decisions, regards extremely undecisive people, to the extent of ''passion'' .
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