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Phobic Disorders
| Medical Definition: | Anxiety disorders in which the essential feature is persistent and irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that the individual feels compelled to avoid. The individual recognizes the fear as excessive or unreasonable. |
| Also Called: | Claustrophobia,Phobia, School,Phobia, Social,Neuroses, Phobic |
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