-PHOBIA


Meaning of -PHOBIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun combining form ]

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, from Greek, from -phobos fearing, from phobos fear, flight, from phebesthai to flee; akin to Lithuanian bėgti to flee, Old Church Slavic běžati

1. : exaggerated fear of

acro phobia

2. : intolerance or aversion for

photo phobia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.