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claustrophobia
claus·tro·pho·bi·a [ klàwstrə fṓbee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
fear of being confined: an irrational fear of being in a confined or enclosed space
[Late 19th century. < modern Latin< claustrum (see cloister)]
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