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claustrofobia

claustrofobia is the alternative form of claustrophobia.

Meaning of claustrophobia

Noun

claustrophobia (usually uncountable, plural claustrophobias)

  1. (usually) 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.1902 JANUARY, WM. BALDWIN KEYES, D.D.S., “Pyorrhea Alveolaris With Special Reference To Practical Medicine.”, in The Dental Cosmos, volume XLIV, number 1, page 4

Forms of claustrofobia

pluralclaustrofobias

Questions about claustrofobia

What is claustrofobia the alternative form of?
Claustrofobia is the alternative form of claustrophobia.

Words near claustrofobia in the dictionary

  1. claustra
  2. claustral
  3. claustrally
  4. claustration
  5. claustrations
  6. claustrofobia
  7. claustrophile
  8. claustrophiles
  9. claustrophilia
  10. claustrophiliac
  11. claustrophiliacs

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