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An abnormal loathing of shadows: Little Amy, affected by sciaphobia, never liked to go out when it was dusk, and especially not at night when it was totally dark, because she was unnaturally afraid of seeing shapes or apparitions, thinking they might be scary ghosts!
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phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous
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