climacophobia

noun

1. The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.

   uncountable

   Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase”) + New Latin -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry climacophobia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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