claustrophobia
English
Etymology
From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from claudō (“I shut, close; I imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Translations
fear of closed, tight places
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