"specific phobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: specific phobias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} specific phobia (plural specific phobias)
  1. Any morbid fear of specific objects or situations, such as fingers, injections, or darkness. Wikipedia link: specific phobia
    Sense id: en-specific_phobia-en-noun-fHskAMPq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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