Meanings
- rareuncountableFear of darkness.
But the lygophobia was not going anywhere...at least not for awhile.^([sic])
2012, Raynetta J. Stocks, The Grim2 more examples
Now that all the furious action had stopped, a sudden wave of lygophobia washed over her and she shivered at the intimidating darkness.
1990, David Brin, EarthBased on Parent's report, 26.2% of children showed bruxism and there was a significant relation between bruxism and mother's job, family history, distressing event in life, parasomnias, especially drooling and sleep walking, TMD, hyperactivity, depression, acrophobia and lygophobia.
2010 June 28, Bahman Seraj, “The Prevalence of Bruxism and Correlated Factors in Children Referred to Dental Schools of Tehran, Based on Parent's Report”, in Iranian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 20, number 2, page 174
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