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Claustrophobia

//ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The abnormal fear of closed, tight places. uncountable, usually

    "She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears."

  2. 2
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space wordnet

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.

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