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claustrophobia

noun
/ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/UK/ˌklɔː.strəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from claustrum

Definitions

  1. The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.

    • She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears.
    • The first scenes, which take place in a minitheater that keeps shrinking, will be painful for anyone with even a tinge of claustrophobia.
    • (Editor’s note: Those who suffer from claustrophobia, kabourophobia, arachnophobia or thalassophobia are advised to skip the above trailer.)

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