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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-phobia/ˈfəʊbɪə/

▶combining form extreme or irrational fear or dislike of a specified thing: arachnophobia.

– derivatives
-phobic combining form.

– origin via L. from Gk.

'-phobia' also found in these Oxford entries:

acrophobia - agoraphobia - ailurophobia - arachnophobia - claustrophobia - decondition - nyctophobia - phobia - triskaidekaphobia

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