Multiple choice general knowledge

If you are suffering from Phthisiophobia that means you have a fear of ......?

  1. Pneumonia

  2. Tuberculosis

  3. Philosophy

  4. Phobias
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Explanation

Phthisiophobia is the specific phobia of tuberculosis, derived from 'phthisis' meaning tuberculosis or wasting disease. The other options represent different fears: pneumonia is not a specific phobia, philosophy would be philosophobia, and phobias would be phobophobia.

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