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claustrophobia

 [klaws″tro-fo´be-ah]
irrational fear of being shut in; fear of enclosed spaces, such as elevators and tunnels.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

claus·tro·pho·bi·a

(klaws'trō-fō'bē-ă),
A morbid fear of being in a confined place.
[L. claustrum, an enclosed space, + G. phobos, fear]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

claustrophobia

(klô′strə-fō′bē-ə)
n.
An abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces.

claus′tro·phobe′ n.
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claustrophobia

The mental and behavioural stress response to confinement in a relatively small area.
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claustrophobia

Psychiatry An abnormal/morbid/irrational fear of closed spaces–eg elevators, tunnels. See Phobia.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

claus·tro·pho·bi·a

(klaw'strŏ-fō'bē-ă)
A morbid fear of being in a confined place.
[L. claustrum, an enclosed space, + G. phobos, fear]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

claustrophobia

Fear of confined spaces. This is one of the phobic disorders and is usually associated with others such as agoraphobia.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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Nos da via libre, el gran desinflador de lo pomposo, el distanciamiento que acaba con la claustrofobia" (226, "Entre risas," Niebylski).
Tambien debe ser reconocido que la presencia de clips metalicos intracraneales o en cualquier otra parte del cuerpo por antecedente quirurgico, la obesidad moirbida o la claustrofobia podrian impedir la CPRM.
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