Definitions | claustrophobia |
| noun
- The fear of closed, tight places.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, claustrofobie)
- French: (t, fr, claustrophobie, f)
- German: Platzangst(de)f, Klaustrophobie(de)f
- Italian: claustrofobia(it)f
- Spanish: claustrofobia(es)f
Etymology: claustrum "a shut in place," from claudere "to close" + Greek phobos "fear." First attested in the British Medical Journal.
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