cleithr-, cleithro- +

(Greek: bar for closing a door; to shut, to close)

cleistophobia, cleithrophobia

An intensive fear of closed spaces or of being locked in or of being in enclosed places.

clithrophobia, cleithrophobia, cleisiophobia

A morbid fear of being enclosed or of closed areas; a form of claustrophobia.

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