BATHOPHOBIA

PRONUNCIATION: (bath-uh-FO-bee-uh)

MEANING: noun: A fear of depths or of falling from a height.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek bathos (depth) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1903. A related term is acrophobia.

The p-headed word is pathophobia (an irrational fear of disease). [but see below]
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PATHOPHOBIA - fear of the beaten track

"BOAT-HO!"-PHOBIA - fear of encountering pirates

BATCHOPHOBIA - fear of small bunches

"BAH" O'PHOBIA - Irish fear of Scrooge