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 * [|Acrophobia], Altophobia — fear of heights.
 * [|Agoraphobia] — fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
 * [|Algophobia] — fear of pain.
 * [|Anthropophobia], fear of people or being in a company, a form of [|social phobia]
 * [|Aquaphobia], [|Hydrophobia] — fear of water
 * [|Astraphobia], Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia — fear of [|thunder] , [|lightning] and storms; especially common in young children.
 * [|Autophobia] — fear of [|being alone].
 * [|Aviophobia], Aviatophobia — fear of flying.
 * [|Bacillophobia], Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia — fear of [|microbes] and [|bacteria].
 * [|Cibophobia], [|Sitophobia] — aversion to [|food] , synonymous to [|Anorexia nervosa].
 * [|Claustrophobia] — fear of confined spaces.
 * [|Coulrophobia] — fear of [|clowns] (not restricted to [|evil clowns] ).
 * [|Dental phobia], Dentophobia, Odontophobia — fear of [|dentists] and dental procedures.
 * [|Dysmorphophobia], or [|body dysmorphic disorder] — a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
 * [|Emetophobia] — fear of vomiting.
 * [|Ergasiophobia], Ergophobia — fear of work or functioning, or a [|surgeon] 's fear of operating.
 * [|Erotophobia] — fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
 * [|Erythrophobia] — pathological blushing.
 * [|Gephyrophobia] — fear of [|bridges]
 * [|Genophobia], Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse.
 * [|Glossophobia] — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
 * [|Gymnophobia] — fear of [|nudity].
 * [|Gynophobia] — fear of women.
 * [|Haptephobia] - fear of being touched.
 * [|Heliophobia] — fear of sunlight.
 * [|Hemophobia], Haemophobia — fear of [|blood].
 * [|Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia] — fear of the [|number 666].
 * [|Hoplophobia] - fear of [|weapons], specifically [|firearms] (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
 * [|Ligyrophobia] - fear of loud noises.
 * [|Mysophobia] — fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
 * [|Necrophobia] — fear of death, the dead.
 * [|Neophobia], Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia — fear of newness, novelty.
 * [|Nomophobia] — fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
 * [|Nosophobia] — fear of contracting a disease
 * [|Nyctophobia], Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia — fear of darkness.
 * [|Osmophobia], Olfactophobia — fear of smells.
 * [|Paraskavedekatriaphobia], Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia — fear of [|Friday the 13th].
 * [|Panphobia] — fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
 * [|Phonophobia] — fear of loud sounds.
 * [|Pyrophobia] — fear of fire.
 * [|Radiophobia] — fear of [|radioactivity] or [|X-rays].
 * [|Sociophobia] — fear/dislike of society or people in general (see also " [|sociopath] ").
 * [|Taphophobia] — fear of the [|grave], or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
 * [|Technophobia] — fear of [|technology] (see also [|Luddite] ).
 * [|Tetraphobia] — fear of the number [|4].
 * [|Tokophobia] — [|fear of childbirth].
 * [|Triskaidekaphobia], Terdekaphobia — fear of the number [|13].
 * [|Trypanophobia], Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia — fear of needles or injections
 * [|Xenophobia] — fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.

Zoophobias
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 * [|Ailurophobia] -- fear of [|cats]
 * [|Apiphobia], [|Melissophobia] — fear of [|bees]
 * [|Arachnophobia] — fear of [|spiders]
 * [|Chiroptophobia] — fear of [|bats]
 * [|Cynophobia] — fear of [|dogs]
 * [|Entomophobia] — fear of insects
 * [|Equinophobia], [|Hippophobia] — fear of [|horses]
 * [|Herpetophobia] — fear of [|reptiles]
 * [|Ichthyophobia] — fear of [|fish]
 * [|Musophobia] — fear of [|mice] and/or [|rats]
 * [|Ophidiophobia] — fear of [|snakes]
 * [|Ornithophobia] — fear of [|birds]
 * [|Ranidaphobia] — fear of [|frogs]
 * [|Zoophobia] — a generic term for animal phobias