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  2. Aquaphobia - Wikipedia

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    Aquaphobia (from Latin aqua 'water' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is an irrational fear of water. [1] Aquaphobia is considered a specific phobia of natural environment type in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. [2] A specific phobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. [3]

  3. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    Aquaphobia: fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies. Arachnophobia: fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions, a zoophobia: Astraphobia: fear of thunder and lightning: Atelophobia: fear of imperfection; a synonym of ...

  4. Thalassophobia - Wikipedia

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    Difference between thalassophobia and aquaphobia Thalassophobia differs from aquaphobia , or the fear of water. Aquaphobia is characterized by a general feeling of panic due to water, while Thalassophobia deals more with the vastness of that water as well as what that depth could hold. [ 19 ]

  5. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. [1] It was historically referred to as hydrophobia ("fear of water") because its victims panic when offered liquids to drink.

  6. Phobia - Wikipedia

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    A specific phobia to water is called aquaphobia instead. A hydrophobe is a chemical compound that repels water. Similarly, photophobia usually refers to a physical complaint (aversion to light due to inflamed eyes or excessively dilated pupils), rather than an irrational fear of light.

  7. Hydrophobia - Wikipedia

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    Aquaphobia, an irrational fear of water; Hydrophobe, the chemical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water; Rabies, historically referred to as hydrophobia, a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals

  8. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great - Wikipedia

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    The book centers on Sheila Tubman, a 10-year-old girl who masks her insecurities with a much more self-assured, confident persona. In truth, she suffers from fears ranging from arachnophobia (fear of spiders and other arachnids), cynophobia (fear of dogs), and aquaphobia (fear of water).

  9. Submechanophobia - Wikipedia

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    Submechanophobia (from Latin sub 'under'; and from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mechané) 'machine' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a fear of submerged human-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater.