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phobia

pho.bia \'fo--be--*\ n [NL, fr. LL -phobia, fr. Gk, fr. -phobos fearing, 
   fr. phobos]fear, flight; akin to Gk phebesthai to flee, be frightened, Lith 
   be.gti to flee : an exaggerated usu. inexplicable and illogical fear of a 
   particular obje ct or class of objects