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  2. Fear of mice and rats - Wikipedia

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    A house mouse (Mus musculus). Fear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias.It is sometimes referred to as musophobia (from Greek μῦς "mouse") or murophobia (a coinage from the taxonomic adjective "murine" for the family Muridae that encompasses mice and rats, and also Latin mure "mouse/rat"), or as suriphobia, from French souris, "mouse".

  3. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...

  4. The Ultimate List of 350 Surprising and Common Phobias from A-Z

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    The fear surrounding a phobia can become so intense that individuals go to great lengths to avoid encountering the source of their anxiety, which often leads to them altering their daily lives to ...

  5. Are Elephants Really Afraid of Mice? An Elephant Expert ...

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    Another show did their own experiment to see if elephants were indeed afraid of mice. On 20/20, the host contacted the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.The elephant trainer, Troy Metzler ...

  6. Phobophobia - Wikipedia

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    Phobophobia is a fear experienced before actually experiencing the fear of the feared phobias its somatic sensations that precede it, which is preceded by generalized anxiety disorders and can generate panic attacks. Like all the phobias, the patients avoids the feared phobia in order to avoid the fear of it.

  7. Arachnophobia - Wikipedia

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    However, a phobia is an irrational fear as opposed to a rational fear. [3] By ensuring that their surroundings were free from spiders, arachnophobes would have had a reduced risk of being bitten in ancestral environments, giving them a slight advantage over non-arachnophobes in terms of survival.

  8. Fear of Trump tariffs is causing Americans to stockpile ... - AOL

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    One in three Americans plans to buy more, and fear of higher tariffs is the leading motivator, with 39% citing them for stepped-up purchases. Other reasons include worries about potential supply ...

  9. Sports At Any Cost: Take Our College Sports Subsidy Data

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    Reporter’s Note. Take Our College Sports Subsidy Data. SUNDAY, NOV. 15, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT