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Phobia
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- My phobia? I'm totally scared of bridges.
- And nothing would do that more than my phobia for heights.
- The “examination-phobia” of neurotics is also strengthened by this childish fear.
What Are Phobias?
Posted May 22, 2008
Eileen Bailey explores common phobias and how they develop.
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Dictionary.com Unabridged
-phobia
a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia); on this model, used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversion toward” that specified by the initial element: agoraphobia.
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Word Origin & History
phobia
1786, "fear, horror, aversion," Mod.L., abstracted from compounds in -phobia, from Gk. -phobia, from phobos "fear," originally "flight" (still the only sense in Homer), but it became the common word for "fear" via the notion of "panic, fright" (cf. phobein "put to flight, frighten"), from PIE base *bhegw-
EXPAND"to run" (cf. Lith. begu "to flee," O.C.S. begu "flight," bezati "to flee, run," O.N. bekkr "a stream"). Psychological sense attested by 1895; phobic (adj.) is from 1897.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
phobia pho·bi·a (fō'bē-ə)
n.
A persistent, abnormal, or irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid the feared stimulus.
A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.
-phobia suff.
An intense, abnormal, or illogical fear of a specified thing: claustrophobia.
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Cultural Dictionary
phobia [(foh-bee-uh)]An extreme and often unreasonable fear of some object, concept, situation, or person.
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