Phobias starting with W
Here you will find all the phobias starting with the letter W. Our site provides information on how to overcome fears and anxiety. There are a total of 2 phobias starting with the letter W.
Eisoptrophobia
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e. g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.
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Fear of needles and vaccines
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Top 10 most Common Phobias
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