acrophobia
n. abnormal fear of heights | ||||
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Acrophobia Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
acrophobia
Noun
1. a morbid fear of great heights
(hypernym) simple phobia
Noun
1. a morbid fear of great heights
(hypernym) simple phobia
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
acrophobia
fear of heights***Her acrophobia prevented her from taking that walk across the overbridge from her home to her office. She had also never travelled by air in her life.
fear of heights***Her acrophobia prevented her from taking that walk across the overbridge from her home to her office. She had also never travelled by air in her life.
Acrophobia Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
acrophobia
noun
fear of heights
noun
fear of heights
| Phobia |
Acrophobia
Fear of heights
Fear of heights
Acrophobia Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Acrophobia
Acrophobia (from Greek , meaning "summit") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.
Acrophobia can be dangerous, as sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Some acrophobics also suffer from urges to throw themselves off high places, despite not being suicidal.
"Vertigo" is often used, incorrectly, to describe the fear of heights, but it is more accurately described as a spinning sensation, which may be caused by looking down from a high place, as well as by some other stimuli. Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights.
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