Phobias

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  1. phobophobia
    a morbid fear of developing a phobia
  2. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  3. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  4. taphephobia
    a morbid fear of being buried alive
  5. thanatophobia
    a morbid fear of death
  6. aquaphobia
    a morbid fear of drowning
  7. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
  8. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  9. cyberphobia
    irrational fear of computers or technology
  10. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  11. photophobia
    pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light
  12. phonophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  13. astraphobia
    a morbid fear of thunder and lightning
  14. automysophobia
    a morbid fear of being dirty
  15. neophobia
    a morbid fear of novelty
  16. cryophobia
    a morbid fear of freezing
  17. nyctophobia
    a morbid fear of night or darkness
  18. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  19. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  20. acarophobia
    a morbid fear of small insects
  21. gynophobia
    a morbid fear of women
  22. musophobia
    a morbid fear of mice
  23. acousticophobia
    a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
  24. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  25. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  26. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  27. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  28. photophobia
    pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light
  29. photophobia
    pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light
Created on Mon May 17 12:19:06 EDT 2010 (updated Wed May 19 13:14:07 EDT 2010)

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