Phagophobia (from Greek φαγεῖν - phagein, `eat` and φόβος - phobos, `fear`) is a psychogenic dysphagia, a fear of swallowing. It is expressed in various swallowing complaints without any apparent physical reason detectable by physical inspection and laboratory analyses. An obsolete term for this phobia is choking phobia, but it was... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagophobia