climacophobia

climacophobia
Morbid fear of stairs or of climbing. [G. klimax, ladder, + phobos, fear]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Climacophobia — is the fear of climbing, especially the fear of climbing stairs or falling down stairs. Climacophobia is closely related to acrophobia, the fear of heights, and many people fear the height of stairs, because of a fear of falling from a great… …   Wikipedia

  • climacophobia — fear of falling down stairs Phobias …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • climacophobia — The fear of falling downstairs …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • климакофобия — (climacophobia; греч. klimax, klimakos лестница + фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь ходьбы по лестнице …   Большой медицинский словарь

  • Климакофоби́я — (climacophobia; греч. klimax, klimakos лестница + Фобия) навязчивый страх боязнь ходьбы по лестнице …   Медицинская энциклопедия

  • Phobia — An unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. For example, extreme fear of spiders is called arachnophobia, and fear of being outside is known as agoraphobia. Phobias… …   Medical dictionary

  • Phobias — This is a list that has been stewing on my hard drive for several years, defining 136 phobias, irrational or pathological fears of various things. The reason I ve resisted is that someone else has done a far more thorough job than I could ever do …   Phrontistery dictionary

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