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Fear of bees — or bee stings is one of common fears among people. Apiphobia (from Latin apis for honey bee ), melissophobia (from Greek melissa for honeybee and occasionally misspelt as melissaphobia), is a fear of bees and a kind of specific phobia. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Fear of animals — An abnormal and persistent fear of animals termed zoophobia. A phobia is an unreasonable fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy… … Medical dictionary
Fear of travel — An irrational and unreasonable fear of travel is called agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a very complex phobia. It usually manifests as a collection of inter linked phobias. For example, many agoraphobics fear being left alone (monophobia), dislike… … Medical dictionary
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 for the Muridae family that encompasses mice and rats), or as… … Wikipedia
unreasonable — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem, sound ▪ She did not want to appear unreasonable. ▪ become, get ▪ His … Collocations dictionary
Fear of medical procedures — Most people suffer from a form of fear of medical procedures during their life. There are many different aspects of this fear and not everyone has every part. Some of these parts include fear of surgery, fear of dental work and fear of doctors… … Wikipedia
fear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, deep seated, genuine, great, intense, overwhelming, pure, real, terrible … Collocations dictionary
Fear of being buried alive — An abnormal and persistent fear of being buried alive is called taphephobia. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. Phobias can be treated with… … Medical dictionary
Fear of bearing a malformed child — An abnormal and persistent fear of bearing a malformed child is termed teratophobia. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. The term teratophobia is… … Medical dictionary
Fear of new things — An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called neophobia. In animal behavior, neophobia refers to the tendency of an animal to avoid or retreat from an unfamiliar object or situation. All… … Medical dictionary
