Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0802 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-phobia: Fear
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The idea
The suffix phobia names a persistent and excessive fear of what its root identifies.
In practice
Photophobia is an excessive sensitivity to light.
Where people slip
In some terms phobia names sensitivity rather than fear, as photophobia does.
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