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Pick your phobia

The following is a glossary of both common and unusual phobias:

Acrophobia: Fear of heights

Agliophobia: Fear of pain

Agoraphobia: Fear of crowds, public places or open areas

Aviophobia: Fear of flying in airplanes

Bibliophobia: Fear or mistrust of books

Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed

Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns

Cynophobia: Fear of dogs

Elurophobia: Fear of cats

Gamophobia: Fear of marriage

Gerontophobia: Fear of old people or old age

Iatrophobia: Fear of doctors

Mysophobia: Fear of dirt or germs

Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead bodies

Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes

Philophobia: Fear of falling in love

Phobophobia: Fear of developing a phobia

Tonitrophobia: Fear of thunder

Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women

Xenophobia: Fear or hatred of foreigners, strangers or things that are foreign or strange

Xylophobia: Fear of forests or wooden objects

Zoophobia: Fear of animals

SOURCES: InfoPlease.com and About.com

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