PSYCHIATRIC - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND PHOBIAS - LESSON 193
Now in this post we will learn about some prefixes and phobias. 1. a-, an- means no or not - apathy means absence of emotion. 2. cata- means down - catatonic stupor which means a type of schizophrenia in which the patient has a decrease in activity and reactivity to the environment. 3. hypo- means deficient or less than - hypomania means less activity. 4. hypo- means deficient or less than - hypochondriasis means abnormal cartilage of always feeling. 5. para- means abnormal - paranoia means delusion of persecution of mind. PHOBIAS:- 1. Air - Aerophobia 2. Animals - Zoophobia 3. Bees - Apiphobia or melissophobia 4. Blood or Bleeding - Hematophobia, Hemophobia 5. Books - Bibliophobia 6. Cats - Ailurophobia 7. Corpses - Necrophobia 8. Crossing a Bridge - Gephyrophobia 9. Darkness - Nyctophobia, scotophobia 10. Death - Thanatophobia 11. Dogs - Cynophobia 12. Drugs - Pharmacophobia 13. Eating - Phagophobia 14. Enclosed places - Claustrophobia 15