gephyrophobia

gephyrophobia
A fear of crossing bridges.

Venice is a place to avoid if you suffer from gephyrophobia.


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  • Gephyrophobia — is an anxiety disorder brought about by the fear of bridges. As a result, sufferers of gephyrophobia may avoid routes that will take them over bridges. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=To Gephyrophobiacs, Bridges Are a… …   Wikipedia

  • Gephyrophobia — An abnormal and persistent fear of crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may result partly from the fear of enclosure (claustrophobia) or the fear of… …   Medical dictionary

  • gephyrophobia — the fear of crossing bridges …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • gephyrophobia —   n. morbid fear of bridges and passing over or under them …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Gephyrophobia —    An intense fear of bridges …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

  • гефирофобия — (gephyrophobia; греч. gephyra мост + фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь перехода по мосту …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Гефирофоби́я — (gephyrophobia; греч. gephyra мост + Фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь перехода по мосту …   Медицинская энциклопедия

  • Fear of bridges — An abnormal and persistent fear of bridges, especially crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may result partly from the fear of enclosure (claustrophobia) …   Medical dictionary

  • Fear of crossing bridges — An abnormal and persistent fear of crossing bridges. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may result partly from the fear of enclosure (claustrophobia) or the fear of… …   Medical dictionary

  • -phobia — The English suffixes phobia, phobic, phobe ( of Greek origin: φόβος/φοβία ) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g., agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe… …   Wikipedia

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