A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear of a particular object or situation. The phobias listed here are quite common among people. However, they refer to very different things. Ophidophobia refers to the fear of snakes. Glossophobia refers to the fear of speaking in public. This is often related to other disorders such as social phobia and social anxiety disorder. Acrophobia refers to the fear of heights. Musophobia refers to the fear of rats and mice. Finally, aviophobia refers to the fear of airplanes or flying.
Ophi is the fear of snakes, gloss is the fear of public speaking, acro is the fear of heights, muso is the fear of mice and avio is the fear of flying. all of these are the most common phobias(fears) world wide!
