agoraphobia
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ər noun Psychiatry.
an abnormal fear of being in crowds, public places, or open areas, sometimes accompanied by anxiety attacks.
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agoraphobia (ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a pathological fear of being in public places, often resulting in the sufferer becoming housebound | |
| agora'phobic | |
| —adj, —n | |
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Agoraphobia
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Word Origin & History
agoraphobia
"fear of open spaces," 1873, from Ger. Agorophobie, coined 1871 by Berlin psychiatrist Carl Westphal (18331890) from Gk. agora "open space" (typically a marketplace), from ageirein "to assemble," + -phobia "fear."
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Medical Dictionary
agoraphobia ag·o·ra·pho·bi·a (āg'ər-ə-fō'bē-ə)
n.
Phobia of open or public places.
ag'o·ra·pho'bic adj.
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Example sentences
The group of typical phobias, for which agoraphobia is a prototype, cannot be reduced to the psychic mechanisms here developed.
Once he overcomes his acute agoraphobia, he is permitted to leave the clinic and resume his family life.
The other group contains agoraphobia with all its accessory forms, all of which are characterized by their relation to locomotion.
He suffered from agoraphobia and feared leaving his home.
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