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The word phobia comes from the Greek word for fear (φόβος, fobos). In medical terms 'Phobia' is an anxiety disorder. It is estimated that in USA - 5.1% to 21.5% people suffer from some kind of phobia.

Women are more prone to have a phobia and this can be the cause for serious disability.

The opposite of the suffix -phobia is a - philia or -philie (meaning "love of"). 

There are many more phobias described than what are medically acceptable to be called a 'mental anxiety disorder'. Some of these phobias actually mean a 'negative attitude towards something.' 

Medindia's 534 listed phobias include both types. 

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Phobias Total - 534 / Alphabet A - 67
S. No Phobia Description
1 Ablutophobia Fear of washing or bathing.
2 Acarophobia Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
3 Acerophobia Fear of sourness.
4 Achluophobia Fear of darkness.
5 Acousticophobia Fear of noise.
6 Acrophobia Fear of heights.
7 Aeroacrophobia Fear of open high places.
8 Aeronausiphobia Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
9 Aerophobia Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
10 Agliophobia Fear of pain.
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