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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.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
-phobia: exaggerated fear, sensitivity, aversion Greek φόβος (phóbos), terror, fear, flight, panic arachnophobia: phon-sound Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) phonograph, symphony phos-of or pertaining to light or its chemical properties, now historic and used rarely. See the common root phot-below.
Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.
Bibliophobia: the fear of books [see phobia] Caco Bad: Cacography: poor handwriting [see graph] Centr Center Centerpiece: an ornamental object used in a central position, esp. on the center of a dining-room table Chrom Color: Polychrome: having many colors [see poly] Chron Time: Chronological: being in time order Cycl Circle
The English suffix-mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania.The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders.It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z.
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A persistent fear of ghosts is sometimes phasmophobia, a type of specific phobia. [1] [2] It derives from Greek φάσμα, phásma, meaning "apparition" and -φοβία, -phobía, meaning "fear". [3] It is often brought about by experiences in early childhood and causes sufferers to experience panic attacks.