Medical Dictionary

phobia

noun pho·bia \ˈfō-bē-ə\

Medical Definition of PHOBIA

:  an exaggerated and often disabling fear usually inexplicable to the subject and having sometimes a logical but usually an illogical or symbolic object, class of objects, or situation—compare compulsion, obsession
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