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Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 30 June

BMA leader urges Government to stop “playing around" with the health service - 29 June

BMA Scotland celebrates 10 years of devolution - 29 June

Canada works with National and International Partners to Manage the Spread of the H1N1 Flu Virus - 29 June

Otago-UK research may bring 'radical overhaul' to family court system - 29 June

BMA poll reveals the public's fear for future of the NHS - 28 June

BMA News Press Release: Poll reveals doctors' concerns about commercialisation of NHS - 26 June

New Food Standards Agency Scotland Director visits Royal Highland Show - 26 June

Thousands of older people dying prematurely from cancer, say researchers - 25 June

Government of Canada Works with Ontario to Help Prevent Young People from Taking Illicit Drugs - 25 June

White House National Health Care Day of Service - 25 June

First report on ethnicity and cancer published - 25 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 24 June

UNICEF UK launches campaign on children's rights - 24 June

Campaigners put HIV testing on the parliamentary agenda - 24 June

Heavyweights of global food crisis debate gather for Foreign Policy School - 24 June

Protect children from the allure of smoking, say doctors - 23 June

BMA Scotland calls for an end to the ridiculous pricing of alcohol - 23 June

Minister Aglukkaq Announces Re-Appointments to the Canadian Institutes of Health - 23 June

Nine in ten survive early stage bowel cancer - 23 June

Hamilton clinic under investigation - 23 June

WA Public Health team to go to remote community - 22 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 22 June

RCN launches new sexual health skills framework - 22 June

‘Telling it Straight’ – a support group for heterosexual people living with HIV in Sussex - 22 June

Historic Bill Signing on Tobacco Regulation - 22 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 19 June

Staff praised as infections continue to fall - 19 June

NCRI launches template for sharing research data and samples - 19 June

H1N1 Influenza 09 (Human Swine Flu) Update - 18 June

THT hits target for chlamydia testing in Barking & Dagenham - 18 June

AMA Commends Bipartisan Effort to Reform Health System - 18 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 18 June

Call to protect hospitals, schools from impact of disasters - 18 June

Ladyhawke to play a special "one ticket" gig - 17 June

AMA Adopts Strategies to Help Address Medical Student Debt - 17 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 17 June

UNICEF highlights child survival on the Day of the African Child - 16 June

BMA response to claims of strike action over flu - 16 June

AMA Adopts New Public Health Policies at Annual Meeting - 16 June

Campaign launched to tackle rise in over 60s food poisoning - 15 June

President Obama Receives Warm Welcome from AMA Physicians - 15 June

Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims - 15 June

Climate change kills as many as tsunami every year - 15 June

Men hit by 'inexplicable' greater cancer death risk - 15 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 15 June

HFEA statement about an incident at IVF Wales - 15 June

Appointment of Dr. Sandy McEwan as Special Advisor to Minister of Health on Medical Isotopes - 14 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 12 June

Yeast 'DNA damage sensor' provides chemotherapy resistance clue - 11 June

Patient experience is key, says GP leader - 11 June

AMA Committed to Health System Reform This Year - 11 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 11 June

One stop breast clinics best for women - 10 June

RCN responds to NHS Confederation warning on the downturn - 10 June

Government targets interfere with the battle against superbugs, says BMA - 10 June

AMA calls for action on public hospitals - 10 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 10 June

President Obama to Speak on Health Reform at AMA Meeting - 10 June

Tesco recalls some lamb rogan josh - 9 June

Doctors urge MPs to support measures that protect children from tobacco addiction - 9 June

First gene-based test to predict individual lung cancer risk - 9 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 9 June

Researchers find clues to improve breast cancer survival - 8 June

Discovery 'significant step' in understanding leukaemia drug resistance - 8 June

WA Health confirms two more swine flu cases - 6 June

safefood reminds consumers of the steps to safe barbecues - 5 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 5 June

RCN welcomes the appointment of Andy Burnham as the new Secretary of State for Health - 5 June

Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended - 5 June

BMA welcomes call for transparency on cost of NHS management consultants - 4 June

Air Quality Health Index Continues to Expand in British Columbia - 4 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 4 June

We must lead the NHS through “dark and dangerous period" - 3 June

Novel Tool Evaluates Disaster Readiness in U.S. Cities - 3 June

Myth busting - cardiovascular disease and women - 3 June

Increased Public Health Response in Victoria - 3 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 3 June

Trial results show better survival for gallbladder and bile duct cancer - 2 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 2 June

BMA launches “Look after our NHS" - 1 June

AMA Outlines Initiatives to White House to Help Slow Increases in Health Spending - 1 June

Research reveals early warning signs of preeclampsia - 1 June

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 1 June

Update on products free of colours associated with hyperactivity - 1 June

Clinical handover – critical communications - 31 May

Campaign Targets Sexually Transmitted Infections - 29 May

Human swine flu update - 29 May

Call for pictorial warnings on tobacco packs - 29 May

BMA voices concerns about plans for London hospitals - 29 May

Government of Canada Reaches Important Milestone with Chemicals Management Plan - 29 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 28 May

Incidents report published - 28 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 27 May

Football rivals united in the goal of an AIDS free generation - 27 May

Behind the smokescreen – why Scotland needs further legislation on tobacco - 27 May

WHO awarded for international cooperation - 27 May

THT and Summit House Support launch centre for people with HIV - 26 May

Department welcomes homebirth review - 26 May

WHO, IAEA join forces to fight cancer in developing countries - 26 May

Human Swine Influenza update - Pacific Dawn - 26 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 26 May

Kidney Disease – Australia’s ‘Silent Killer’ Print page - 26 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 25 May

Deadly skin cancer cases hit record high - 25 May

Scientists discover stem cell clue to lung cancer development - 25 May

World Health Assembly closes with resolutions on public health - 22 May

New guide explains prosecutions for HIV transmission - 22 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 22 May

Coventry care home owner fined in CQC’s first prosecution - 22 May

Three cattle from same herd as BSE-infected cow have entered food chain - 21 May

BMA responds to Government's working time directive training review - 21 May

Greater Life Expectancy, Reduced Smoking Rates - 21 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 21 May

Cancer Research UK and Glaxosmithkline join forces to trial new anti-cancer drug - 20 May

Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update - 20 May

 
Hot Air Balloon Flights over the UK (by county, incl. Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, etc.)

A-Z of Phobias

Phobia is another word for "fear" but more specifically refers to abnormal, extreme fears that can cause problems to those affected: Extreme fears can be debilitating because they can lead to mental and emotional distress, physical symptopms, and social impairment / disability.

There are many words for specific fears, some of which are also defined in the glossary section of this website.
(Use the links - displayed in pink - in the following list to view the associated glossary page.)

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Note: The phobias listed below are not all clinically recognised conditions.

A

  • Abluthophobia: Fear of bathing
  • Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching. Fear of skin infestation by mites or ticks
  • Acerophobia: Fear of sourness
  • Achluophobia: Fear of darkness
  • Achluophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Synonyms: Nyctophobia
  • Acousticophobia: Fear of noise
  • Acrophobia: Fear of heights
  • Aelurophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia
  • Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting due to airsickness
  • Aerophobia: Fear of draft. Fear of fresh air. Fear of flying
  • Agoraphobia: Fear of open, public places like markets
  • Agrizoophobia: Fear of wild animals
  • Agyrophobia: Fear of crossing streets
  • Aibohphobia: Fear of palindromes
  • Aichmophobia: Fear of needles or pointed objects. See also: Belomophobia, Belonephobia
  • Ailurophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia
  • Akousticophobia: Fear of sound or sounds.
  • Algophobia: Fear of pain
  • Altophobia: Fear of heights
  • Amathophobia: Fear of dust. Synonyms: Koniophobia
  • Amaxophobia: Fear of being in or riding in vehicles
  • Ambulophobia: Fear of walking
  • Ancraophobia: Fear of wind
  • Androphobia: Fear of men. Synonyms: Arrhenphobia
  • Anginophobia: Fear of narrowness. Fear of having a sore throat
  • Ankylophobia: Fear of stiff or immobile joints
  • Anthrophobia: Fear ofhuman beings.
  • Anthropophobia: Fear of meeting people or society
  • Antlophobia: Fear of floods
  • Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single
  • Apeirophobia: Fear of infinity
  • Aphephobia: Fear of touching or being touched
  • Apiophobia: Fear of bees. Synonyms: Apiphobia
  • Apiphobia: Fear of bees. Synonyms: Apiophobia
  • Aquaphobia: Fear of water. Synonyms: Hydrophobia.
  • Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
  • Arachnephobia: Fear of spiders. Synonyms: Arachnophobia
  • Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders. Synonyms: Arachnephobia
  • Arrhenphobia: Fear of men. Synonyms: Androphobia.
  • Asthenophobia: Fear of weakness
  • Astraphobia: Fear of lightning. Synonyms: Astrapophobia
  • Astrapophobia: Fear of lightning. Synonyms: Astraphobia
  • Ataxiophobia: Fear of disorder Synonyms: Ataxophobia
  • Ataxophobia: Fear of disorder. Synonyms: Ataxiophobia
  • Atelophobia: Fear of imperfection
  • Atephobia: Fear of ruin
  • Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
  • Aulophobia: Fear of flutes
  • Aurophobia: Fear of gold
  • Automysophobia: Fear of being dirty. See also: Misophobia
  • Autophobia: Fear of being alone
  • Aviatophobia: Fear of flying.See also: Aerophobia, Ancraophobia, Aviophobia, Batophobia, Hypsophobia, Hypsiphobia
  • Aviophobia: Fear of flying. See also: Aerophobia, Ancraophobia, Aviatophobia, Batophobia, Hypsophobia, Hypsiphobia

B

  • Bacillophobia: Fear of microbes
  • Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria
  • Ballistophobia: Fear of missles or bullets
  • Barophobia: Fear of gravity
  • Basophobia: Inability to stand. Fear of falling
  • Bathmophobia: Fear of walking
  • Bathophobia: Fear of depth
  • Batophobia: Fear of heights or being close to high buildings, alternatively - Fear of walking
  • Batrachophobia: Fear of frogs and toads. Fear of reptiles
  • Belonophobia: Fear of pins and needles.
  • Bibliophobia: Fear of books
  • Blennophobia: Fear of slime. Synonyms: Myxophobia
  • Bogyphobia: Fear of demons and goblins
  • Bromidrosiphobia: Fear of bodily odors
  • Brontophobia: Fear of thunder storms.

C

  • Cacomorphobia: Fear of fat people
  • Cainophobia: Fear of novelty
  • Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women
  • Cancerophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomat`ophobia, Carcinophobia
  • Cancerphobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomatophobia, Carcinophobia
  • Carcinomatophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinophobia
  • Carcinomophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomatophobia, Carcinophobia
  • Carcinophobia: Fear of cancer. Synonyms: Cancerophobia, Cancerphobia, Carcinomophobia, Carcinomatophobia
  • Cardiophobia: Fear of heart disease
  • Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed
  • Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting
  • Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors
  • Celtophobia: Fear of Celts
  • Cenophobia: Fear of empty spaces. Synonyms: Kenophobia
  • Ceraunophobia: Fear of thunder. Fear of thunder and lightning. Synonyms: Keraunophobia, Tonitrophobia
  • Chaetophobia: Fear of hair. Synonyms: Trichophobia
  • Cheimaphobia: Fear of cold. Synonyms: Cheimatophobia.
  • Cheimatophobia: Fear of cold. Synonyms: Cheimaphobia. See also: Cryophobia. Cherophobia: Fear of gaiety
  • Chinophobia: Fear of snow
  • Cholerophobia: Fear of cholera
  • Chorophobia Fear of dancing
  • Chrematophobia: Fear of wealth
  • Chrometophobia: Fear of money
  • Chromophobia: Fear of colors
  • Chronophobia: Fear of time
  • Cibophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitophobia, Sitiophobia. See also: Phagophobia
  • Claustrophobia: Fear of confined spaces
  • Cleptophobia: Fear of thieves or loss through thievery. Synonyms: Kleptophobia.
  • Climacophobia: Fear of falling downstairs.
  • Clinophobia: Fear of going to bed, alternatively - Fear of beds.
  • Cnidophobia: Fear of insect stings
  • Coitophobia: Fear of sexual intercourse.
  • Cometophobia: Fear of comets.
  • Coprophobia: Fear of faeces.
  • Cryophobia: Fear of ice or frost.
  • Crystallophobia: Fear of crystals. Fear of glass
  • Cymophobia: Fear of waves.
  • Cynophobia: Fear of dogs.
  • Cypridophobia: Fear of veneral disease.

D

  • Deipnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversations.
  • Decidophobia : Fear of making decisions.
  • Demonophobia: Fear of spirits or demons.
  • Demophobia: Fear of crowds.
  • Dentophobia: Fear of dentists.
  • Dermatophobia: Fear of skin disease.
  • Dermatosiophobia: Fear of skin.
  • Dextrophobia: Fear of objects on the right side of the body
  • Dikephobia: Fear of justice.
  • Dinophobia: Fear of whirlpools.
  • Diplopiaphobia: Fear of double vision.
  • Dipsophobia: Fear of drinking.
  • Domatophobia: Fear of being in a house.
  • Doraphobia: Fear of fur. Fear of contact with animal fur or skin
  • Dromophobia: Fear of crossing streets.
  • Dysmorphophobia: Fear of deformity, usually in others.
  • Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents.

E

  • Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.
  • Ecophobia: Fear of home. Synonyms: Oecophobia, Oikophobia.
  • Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors. Fear of looking into mirrors.
  • Electrophobia: Fear of electricity.
  • Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom.
  • Elurophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Ailurophobia, Aelurophobia, Felinophobia, Gatophobia.
  • Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting.
  • Enetophobia: Fear of needles or pins.
  • Enosiophobia: Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin.
  • Entomophobia: Fear of insects.
  • Eosophobia: Fear of dawn
  • Eremophobia: Fear of lonliness. Fear of being alone.
  • Ergasiophobia: Fear of work, alternatively - Surgeon's fear of operating.
  • Ergophobia: Fear of work.
  • Erotophobia: Fear of sexual love.
  • Erythrophobia: Fear of red lights, alternatively - Fear of blushing.
  • Eurotophobia: Fear of the color red; fear of blushing.

F

  • Febriphobia: Fear of fever.
  • Felinophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Gatophobia.
  • Frigophobia: Fear of cold.

G

  • Galeophobia: Fear of sharks.
  • Gallophobia: Fear of France or the French.
  • Gametophobia: Fear of marriage. Synonyms: Gamophobia.
  • Gamophobia: Fear of marriage. Synonyms: Gametophobia.
  • Gatophobia: Fear of cats. Synonyms: Aelurophobia, Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Felinophobia.
  • Genophobia: Fear of sex.
  • Gephyrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges.
  • Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old.
  • Geumophobia: Fear of tastes or flavors.
  • Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
  • Graphophobia: Fear of writing.
  • Gymnophobia: Fear of nudity. Synonyms: Nudophobia.
  • Gynephobia: Fear of women. Synonyms: Gynophobia.
  • Gynophobia: Fear of women. Synonyms: Gynephobia.

H

  • Hadeophobia: Fear of hell. Synonyms: Stygiophobia.
  • Haemaphobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.
  • Haematophobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.
  • Hagiophobia: Fear of saints.
  • Hamartophobia: Fear of sinning.
  • Haphophobia: Fear of touch. Synonyms: Haptophobia, Thixophobia.
  • Haptophobia: Fear of touch. Synonyms: Haphophobia, Thixophobia.
  • Harpaxophobia: Fear of being robbed.
  • Hedonophobia: Fear of pleasure.
  • Heliophobia: Fear of the sun. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight. Synonyms: Solophobia.
  • Helminthophobia: Fear of being infested with worms.
  • Hemaphobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia.
  • Hematophobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hemophobia.
  • Hemophobia: Fear of blood. Synonyms: Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hemaphobia, Hematophobia.
  • Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles.
  • Hierophobia: Fear of priests. Fear of sacred objects.
  • Hippophobia: Fear of horses.
  • Hodophobia: Fear of road travel.
  • Homichlophobia: Fear of fog.
  • Homilophobia: Fear of sermons.
  • Homophobia: Fear of homosexuality.
  • Hydrophobia: Fear of water.
  • Hydrophobophobia: Fear of rabies.
  • Hygrophobia: Fear of liquids. Fear of liquids, esp. wine and water.
  • Hylephobia: Fear of wood or woods.
  • Hypegiaphobia: Fear of responsibility. Synonyms: Hypengyophobia.
  • Hypengyophobia: Fear of responsibility. Synonyms: Hypegiaphobia.
  • Hypnophobia: Fear of sleep.
  • Hypsiphobia: Fear of high places. Synonyms: Altophobia, Hypsophobia
  • Hypsophobia: Fear of high places. Synonyms: Altophobia, Hypsiphobia

I

  • Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor.
  • Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish.
  • Ideophobia: Fear of ideas.
  • Iophobia: Fear of poisons.
  • Isopterophobia: Fear of termites.

J

  • Japanophobia: Fear of Japanese.
  • Judeophobia: Fear of Jews.

K

  • Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure or defeat.
  • Katagelophobia: Fear of ridicule.
  • Kenophobia: Fear of empty spaces. Synonyms: Cenophobia.
  • Kenophobia: Fear of voids.
  • Keraunophobia: Fear of thunder. Fear of thunder and lightning. Synonyms: Ceraunophobia, Tonitrophobia.
  • Kinetophobia: Fear of movement or motion.
  • Kleptophobia: Fear of thieves or loss through thievery. Synonyms: Cleptophobia.
  • Koniophobia: Fear of dust.
  • Koniophobia: Fear of dust. Synonyms: Amathophobia.
  • Kopophobia: Fear of fatigue. Fear of mental or physical examination.
  • Kynophobia: Fear of dogs.
  • Kyphophobia: Fear of stooping.

L

  • Laliophobia: Fear of speaking.
  • Lepraphobia: Fear of leprosy. Synonyms: Leprophobia.
  • Leprophobia: Fear of leprosy. Synonyms: Lepraphobia.
  • Levophobia: Fear of objects on the left side of the body.
  • Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises.
  • Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes.
  • Limnophobia: Fear of lakes.
  • Linonophobia: Fear of string.
  • Logophobia: Fear of words.
  • Lunaphobia: Fear of the moon.
  • Lygophobia: Fear of darkness.
  • Lyssophobia: Fear of becoming insane.

M

  • Macrophobia: Fear of long waits.
  • Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirth.
  • Maniaphobia: Fear of insanity.
  • Mastigophobia: Fear of punishment. Fear of flogging.
  • Mechanophobia: Fear of machines or machinery.
  • Megalophobia: Fear of large things.
  • Melissophobia: Fear of bees. Synonyms: Apiphobia.
  • Melophobia: Fear of music.
  • Merinthophobia: Fear of being bound.
  • Metallophobia: Fear of metal.
  • Meteorophobia: Fear of meteors or meteorites.
  • Metrophobia: Fear of poetry.
  • Microbiophobia: Fear of microbes. Synonyms: Microphobia. See also: Bacillophobia.
  • Microphobia: Fear of microbes. Synonyms: Microbiophobia. See also: Bacillophobia.
  • Misogynism: Hatred of females. Synonyms: Misogyny.
  • Misogyny: Hatred of females. Synonyms: Misogynism.
  • Misophobia: Fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.
  • Misosophy: Hatred of wisdom.
  • Molysomophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination. Fear of infection.
  • Monopathophobia: Fear of sickness in a specific part of the body
  • Monophobia: Fear of being alone. Fear of one thing.
  • Musicophobia: Fear of music.
  • Musophobia: Fear of mice.
  • Mycrophobia: Fear of small things.
  • Mysophobia: Fear of dirt or contamination.
  • Mythophobia: Fear of making false statements.
  • Myxophobia: Fear of slime. Synonyms: Blennophobia.

N

  • Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog.
  • Necrophobia: Fear of dead things. Fear of death.
  • Neophobia: Fear of anything new.
  • Nephophobia: Fear of clouds.
  • Noctiphobia: Fear of the night.
  • Nosophobia: Fear of becoming ill.
  • Novercaphobia: Fear of your mother-in-law.
  • Nudophobia: Fear of nudity. Synonyms: Gymnophobia.
  • Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Synonyms: Achluophobia, Scotophobia.

O

  • Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds or mobs.
  • Ochophobia: Fear of vehicles.
  • Odontophobia: Fear of teeth.
  • Odynophobia: Fear of pain.
  • Oecophobia: Fear of home. Synonyms: Ecophobia, Oikophobia.
  • Oenophobia: Fear of wine. Synonyms: Oinophobia.
  • Oikophobia: Fear of home. Synonyms: Ecophobia, Oecophobia.
  • Oinophobia: Fear of wine. Synonyms: Oenophobia.
  • Olfactophobia: Fear of smells.
  • Ombrophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Ommetaphobia: Fear of eyes.
  • Onomatophobia: Fear of hearing a certain word or words, or name or names.
  • Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes.
  • Ophthalmophobia: Fear of being stared at.
  • Ornithophobia: Fear of birds.
  • Orthophobia: Fear of property.
  • Osmophobia: Fear of smells.

P

  • Panphobia: Fear of everything. A nonspecific fear; A state of general anxiety. Synonyms: Pantophobia.
  • Panthophobia: Fear of suffering and disease.
  • Pantophobia: Fear of everything. A nonspecific fear; A state of general anxiety. Synonyms: Panphobia.
  • Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope.
  • Paralipophobia: Fear of responsibility. Fear of neglect of responsibility.
  • Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversion.
  • Parasitophobia: Fear of parasites.
  • Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls.
  • Pathophobia: Fear of disease.
  • Peccatophobia: Fear of sinning.
  • Pediculophobia: Fear of lice.
  • Pediaphobia: Fear of children. Synonyms: Pedophobia.
  • Pedophobia: Fear of children. Synonyms: Pediaphobia.
  • Peladophobia: Fear of baldness.
  • Peniaphobia: Fear of poverty.
  • Pentheraphobia: Fear of mother-in-law.
  • Phagophobia: Fear of swallowing. Fear of eating.
  • Pharmacophobia: Fear of drugs. Synonyms: Pharmcophobia.
  • Pharmcophobia: Fear of drugs. Synonyms: Pharmacophobia.
  • Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts.
  • Phenogophobia: Fear of daylight.
  • Philophobia: Fear of falling in love or being in love.
  • Philosophobia: Fear of philosophy.
  • Phobophobia: Fear of phobias.
  • Phonemophobia: Fear of thinking.
  • Phonophobia: Fear of noises or voices.
  • Photalgiophobia: Fear of photalgin, pain in the eyes caused by light.
  • Photophobia: Fear of light. Fear of (strong) light.
  • Phthiriophobia: Fear of lice.
  • Placophobia: Fear of tombstones.
  • Pluviophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on.
  • Pneumatophobia: Fear of spirits or noncorporeal beings.
  • Pnigerophobia: Fear of choking. Fear of smothering.
  • Pnigophobia: Fear of choking.
  • Pogonophobia: Fear of beards.
  • Poinephobia: Fear of punishment.
  • Politicophobia: Fear of politicians.
  • Polyphobia: Fear of many things.
  • Ponophobia: Fearear of overworking. Fear of fatigue, esp. thru overworking.
  • Potamophobia: Fear of rivers.
  • Potophobia: Fear of alcohol or acoholic beverages.
  • Prosophobia: Fear of progress.
  • Psellismophobia: Fear of stuttering.
  • Psychophobia: Fear of the cold
  • Psychophobia: Fear of the mind.
  • Pteronophobia: Fear of being tickled by feathers. Fear of feathers.
  • Pyrexiophobia: Fear of fever.
  • Pyrophobia: Fear of fire.

Q

R

  • Rectophobia: Fear of rectum.
  • Rhabdophobia: Fear of magic. Fear of being eaten.
  • Rhypophobia: Fear of filth.
  • Rhytiphobia: Fear of getting wrinkles.
  • Russophobia: Fear of Russians.

S

  • Satanophobia: Fear of Satan.
  • Scholionophobia: Fear of school. Synonyms: Scolionophobia.
  • Sciophobia: Fear of shadows.
  • Scoleciphobia: Fear of worms.
  • Scolionophobia: Fear of school. Synonyms: Scholionophobia.
  • Scopophobia: Fear of being seen or looked at.
  • Scotophobia: Fear of darkness.
  • Scotophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Synonyms: Nyctophobia, Achluophobia.
  • Selaphobia: Fear of light flashes.
  • Septophobia: Fear of decaying matter.
  • Siderodromophobia: Fear of train travel.
  • Siderophobia: Fear of stars.
  • Sinophobia: Fear of Chinese.
  • Sitiophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Cibophobia, Sitophobia.
  • Sitiophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitophobia.
  • Sitophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Cibophobia, Sitiophobia.
  • Sitophobia: Fear of food. Synonyms: Sitiophobia.
  • Soceraphobia: Fear of parents-in-law.
  • Solophobia: Fear of the sun. Fear of (or abnormal sensitivity to) sunlight. Synonyms: Heliophobia.
  • Sophophobia: Fear of learning.
  • Specrophobia: Fear of specters or phantoms.
  • Spectrophobia: Fear of looking in a mirror.
  • Spermatophobia: Fear of germs. Synonyms: Spermophobia.
  • Spermophobia: Fear of germs. Synonyms: Spermatophobia.
  • Spheksophobia : Fear of wasps.
  • Stasibasiphobia: Fear of standing or walking. Conviction that one cannot stand or walk.
  • Staurophobia: Fear of crosses or the crucifix.
  • Stenophobia: Fear of narrow things or places.
  • Stygiophobia: Fear of hell.
  • Stygiophobia: Fear of hell. Synonyms: Hadeophobia.
  • Symmetrophobia: Fear of symmetry.
  • Syngenesophobia: Fear of relatives.

T

  • Tabophobia: Fear of a wasting sickness.
  • Tachophobia: Fear of speed.
  • Taphephobia: Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries. Synonyms: Taphophobia.
  • Taphophobia: Fear of graves or being buried alive. Synonyms: Taphephobia.
  • Tapinophobia: Fear of being contagious. Fear of small things.
  • Taurophobia: Fear of bulls.
  • Technophobia: Fear of arts and crafts. Fear of technology.
  • Teleophobia: Fear of definite plans, alternatively - Fear of religious ceremony.
  • Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones.
  • Teratophobia: Fear of bearing a deformed child.
  • Terdekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Synonyms: Triskadekaphobia.
  • Teutophobia: Fear of German or German things.
  • Thaasophobia: Fear of being idle.
  • Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea.
  • Thanatophobia: Fear of death or dying.
  • Theatrophobia: Fear of theatres.
  • Theologicophobia: Fear of theology.
  • Theophobia: Fear of gods or religion.
  • Thermophobia: Fear of heat.
  • Thixophobia: Fear of touch or fear of touching. Synonyms: Haptophobia, Haphophobia.
  • Tocophobia: Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Synonyms: Tokophobia.
  • Tokophobia: Fear of pregnancy or childbirth. Synonyms: Tocophobia.
  • Tomophobia: Fear of surgical operations.
  • Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder. Synonyms: Ceraunophobia, Keraunophobia.
  • Topophobia: Fear of certain places. Fear of performing ("Stage Fright").
  • Toxicophobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxiphobia, Toxophobia.
  • Toxiphobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxophobia, Toxicophobia.
  • Toxophobia: Fear of poison. Synonyms: Toxiphobia, Toxicophobia.
  • Traumatophobia: Fear of injury. Fear of war.
  • Tremophobia: Fear of trembling.
  • Trichophobia: Fear of hair. Synonyms: Chaetophobia.
  • Triskadekaphobia: Fear of the number 13. Synonyms: Terdekaphobia,
  • Tropophobia: Fear of making changes.
  • Tyrannophobia: Fear of tyrants.

U

  • Uranophobia: Fear of heaven.
  • Urophobia: Fear of urine.

V

  • Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccines and vaccination.
  • Venereophobia: Fear of venereal disease.
  • Verbophobia: Fear of words.
  • Vermiphobia: Fear of (earth, not intestinal) worms.
  • Vestiophobia: Fear of clothing.
  • Vitricophobia: Fear of one's step-father.

W

X

  • Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
  • Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners, or anything foreign.
  • Xerophobia: Fear of dryness and dry places, esp. deserts.
  • Xylophobia: Fear of wooden objects or forests.

Y

Z

  • Zelophobia: Fear of jealousy.
  • Zoophobia: Fear of animals.

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