phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous +
(Greek: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone; however, sometimes this Greek element means a strong dislike or hatred for something or someone)
ophiciophobia, ophidiophobia, ophiophobia
An excessive fear of snakes or other reptiles.
ophresiophobia
An excessive fear of odors.
ophthalmophobia
An abnormal fear of being stared at.
optophobia
An exaggerated fear of opening one’s eyes.
ornithophobia
An excessive fear of birds.
orthophobia
An excessive dislike or fear of propriety or correct behavior.
osculaphobia
A fear or dread of kissing.
osmophobia, ospheresiophobia; olfactophobia
An irrational dread of certain odors.
osphresiophobia
1. An extreme fear of bodily odors, either one's own or that of others.
2. A pathological fear of bad odors or of being contaminated by them.
ostraconophobia
An abnormal fear of shellfish.
ouranophobia
An abnormal fear of heaven, thoughts related to heaven, or the sky.
oxyphobous, oxyphobe
In biology, thriving in alkaline habitats; and so, intolerant of acidic conditions.
paedophobia
An excessive fear of dolls or infants.
pagophobia
A fear of ice or frost.
panophobia, panphobia, pantophobia, pamphobia
An irrational fear of a nonspecific fear; a fear of everything; a state of general unexplained anxiety.
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