Meanings
nounstasiphobia (uncountable)
- rareuncountableA morbid fear of standing upright.
Basiphobia is the psychic element characteristic of pseudotabetics; also agarophobia^([sic]) and stasiphobia.
1922, International Medical Digest, page 3741 more example
Stasiphobia is the fear of standing. Presumably, someone who suffers from both stasiphobia and kathisophobia has no option but to lay in bed all day while the rest of us work.
2019, Andrew Thompson, Spiders, Clowns, and Great Mole Rats: Over 150 Phobias That Will Freak You Out, from Arachnophobia to Zemmiphobia
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