noctiphobia

noctiphobia
Morbid dread of night and its darkness and silence. [noct- + phobia]

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noc·ti·pho·bia (nok″tĭ-foґbe-ə) [L. nox night + -phobia] irrational fear of night and darkness.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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Look at other dictionaries:

  • noctiphobia — See: nyctophobia …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • Noctiphobia —    An intense fear of night …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

  • nyctophobia — noun A fear of the night, nighttime or darkness. Syn: noctiphobia, scotophobia …   Wiktionary

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