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Term	Definition
Acarophobia	Fear of mites or itching.
Achluophobia	Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia	Fear of heights.
Aerophobia	Fear of flying.
Aichmophobia	Fear of sharp objects.
Ailurophobia	Fear of cats.
Algophobia	Fear of pain.
Amathophobia	Fear of dust.
Amychophobia	Fear of being scratched.
Androphobia	Fear of men.
Anthophobia	Fear of flowers.
Anthropophobia	Fear of people or society.
Aphenphosmphobia	Fear of being touched.
Aquaphobia	Fear of water.
Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders.
Astraphobia	Fear of thunder and lightning.
Atelophobia	Fear of imperfection.
Autophobia	Fear of being alone.
Atychiphobia	Fear of failure.
Aviophobia	Fear of flying (alt term).
Bacillophobia	Fear of microbes.
Barophobia	Fear of gravity.
Bathophobia	Fear of depths.
Belonephobia	Fear of needles or pins.
Bibliophobia	Fear of books.
Blennophobia	Fear of slime.
Botanophobia	Fear of plants.
Brontophobia	Fear of thunder.
Cacophobia	Fear of ugliness.
Cardiophobia	Fear of heart disease.
Catoptrophobia	Fear of mirrors.
Ceraunophobia	Fear of lightning.
Cherophobia	Fear of happiness.
Chionophobia	Fear of snow.
Chromophobia	Fear of colors.
Chronophobia	Fear of time.
Claustrophobia	Fear of confined spaces.
Coulrophobia	Fear of clowns.
Cynophobia	Fear of dogs.
Cytophobia	Fear of eating.
Dendrophobia	Fear of trees.
Dentophobia	Fear of dentists.
Dromophobia	Fear of crossing streets.
Dysmorphophobia	Fear of perceived body defect.
Emetophobia	Fear of vomiting.
Enochlophobia	Fear of crowds.
Entomophobia	Fear of insects.
Eosophobia	Fear of dawn or daylight.
Ephebiphobia	Fear of teenagers.
Ergophobia	Fear of work.
Erythrophobia	Fear of blushing.
Febriphobia	Fear of fever.
Galeophobia	Fear of sharks.
Gamophobia	Fear of marriage.
Gephyrophobia	Fear of crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia	Fear of aging.
Gerontophobia	Fear of the elderly.
Glossophobia	Fear of public speaking.
Gymnophobia	Fear of nudity.
Haphephobia	Fear of being touched.
Hematophobia	Fear of blood.
Heliophobia	Fear of sunlight.
Herpetophobia	Fear of reptiles.
Hodophobia	Fear of travel.
Hydrophobia	Fear of water (also rabies symptom).
Hylophobia	Fear of forests.
Hypochondriasis	Fear of serious illness.
Iatrophobia	Fear of doctors.
Ichthyophobia	Fear of fish.
Iophobia	Fear of poison.
Isolophobia	Fear of isolation.
Keraunophobia	Fear of thunder.
Kinetophobia	Fear of movement.
Kleptophobia	Fear of theft.
Koumpounophobia	Fear of buttons.
Lachanophobia	Fear of vegetables.
Ligyrophobia	Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia	Fear of tornadoes or hurricanes.
Tokophobia	Fear of childbirth.
Lyssophobia	Fear of going mad (or rabies).
Mechanophobia	Fear of machines.
Megalophobia	Fear of large objects.
Melissophobia	Fear of bees.
Microphobia	Fear of small things.
Mysophobia	Fear of germs/contamination.
Necrophobia	Fear of death or corpses.
Neophobia	Fear of new things.
Noctiphobia	Fear of night.
Nosocomephobia	Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia	Fear of disease.
Nyctophobia	Fear of the dark.
Obesophobia	Fear of gaining weight.
Octophobia	Fear of the number eight.
Odontophobia	Fear of dental care.
Ombrophobia	Fear of rain.
Ophidiophobia	Fear of snakes.
Ornithophobia	Fear of birds.
Osmophobia	Fear of odors.
Ouranophobia	Fear of the heavens/sky.
Panphobia	Fear of everything.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia	Fear of Friday the 13th.
Pathophobia	Fear of disease.
Pedophobia	Fear of children.
Phasmophobia	Fear of ghosts.
Phobophobia	Fear of phobias.
Photophobia	Aversion to light.
Pogonophobia	Fear of beards.
Porphyrophobia	Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia	Fear of rivers.
Pteromerhanophobia	Fear of flying in planes.
Pyrophobia	Fear of fire.
Radiophobia	Fear of radiation.
Ranidaphobia	Fear of frogs.
Rupophobia	Fear of dirt.
Samhainophobia	Fear of Halloween.
Scoleciphobia	Fear of worms.
Selenophobia	Fear of the moon.
Somniphobia	Fear of sleep.
Spheksophobia	Fear of wasps.
Stenophobia	Fear of narrow places.
Submechanophobia	Fear of submerged man-made objects.
Symmetrophobia	Fear of symmetry.
Syngenesophobia	Fear of relatives.
Tachophobia	Fear of speed.
Taphephobia	Fear of being buried alive.
Technophobia	Fear of technology.
Telephonophobia	Fear of making phone calls.
Thanatophobia	Fear of death.
Thalassophobia	Fear of the sea/deep water.
Tomophobia	Fear of surgery.
Toxiphobia	Fear of poison.
Triskaidekaphobia	Fear of the number thirteen.
Trypanophobia	Fear of injections/needles.
Trypophobia	Aversion to clustered holes.
Uranophobia	Fear of the heavens/afterlife.
Venustraphobia	Fear of beautiful women.
Vestiphobia	Fear of clothing.
Wiccaphobia	Fear of witches/witchcraft.
Xanthophobia	Fear of the color yellow.
Xenophobia	Fear of strangers/foreigners.
Xylophobia	Fear of wood or forests.
Zelophobia	Fear of jealousy.
Zoophobia	Fear of animals.