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claustrophobia

noun

  1. Fear of confined spaces
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌklɒs.trəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ / /ˌklɔː.strəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ / /ˌklɑs.trəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/

noun

Etymology: From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.

  1. The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.

    She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears.

    The first scenes, which take place in a minitheater that keeps shrinking, will be painful for anyone with even a tinge of claustrophobia.