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triskaidekaphobia (s) (noun) (no plural)
1. A dread of the number thirteen: Jim was told by his psychiatrist that his irrational fear of the digit between twelve and fourteen was called triskaidekaphobia.
2. Etymology: from Greek treiskaideka, “thirteen”; from treis, "three"; kai, "and"; deka, "ten" + -phobia, "fear".
A fear of the number 13.
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Fear of 13.

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This entry is located in the following units: phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous (page 41) tri-, tre- (page 12)