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“pnigeraphobias”
pnigeraphobia (nigh" uhr uh FOH bee uh), pnigerophobia (nigh" uhr uh FOH bee uh) (s) (noun); pnigeraphobias, pnigerophobias (pl)
1. An excessive fear of smothering or choking, especially during sleep: As a very young mother and suffering from pnigeraphobia, Barbara was frightened that her first baby would suffocate during the night, so she didn't let her baby slumber with a blanket, but in a very small blanket bag which didn't go over her head.
2. A pathologic fear of being smothered: Marie certainly didn't have pnigeraphobia because she let her cat sleep in her bed with her, and it slept right on her chest and sometimes across her neck!
2. A pathologic fear of being smothered: Marie certainly didn't have pnigeraphobia because she let her cat sleep in her bed with her, and it slept right on her chest and sometimes across her neck!
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phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous
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pnigo-, pnig-, pnigmato-, pnigmat-
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