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Look up: brontophobia

  1. Brontophobia
    Brontophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that thunder itself poses no threat to them. When outdoors during a thunderstorm, they may suffer excessive anxiety. When indoors, they may hide under beds or desks, behind sofas, or in c...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  2. brontophobia
    fear of thunder Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. brontophobia
    <psychology> A morbid fear of thunder. ... Origin: Gr. Phobos = fear ... (16 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. brontophobia
    (bron″to-fo´be-ә) irrational fear of thunder.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  5. brontophobia
    brontophobia, brontophobic 1. The intense dread or fear of thunder and thunderstorms. 2. In psychiatry, fear of thunder; astraphobia. It is related in part to the dread of allegedly demonical phenomena of nature, akin to personalization of such phenomena by primitive man. It may also be related to t...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  6. brontophobia
    brontephobia, brontophobia; tonitrophobia An exaggerated fear of thunder and thunderstorms.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. brontophobia
    tonitrophobia, tonitruphobia; brontophobia An excessive fear of thunder and associated lightning.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Brontophobia
    Brontophobia (tonitrophobia, keraunophobia) is the fear of thunder.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. brontophobia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bron′tō-fō′bē-ă Definitions: 1. Morbid fear of thunder. Synonyms: tonitrophobia
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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