tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a  (trĭs ′kī-dĕk ′ə-fō bē-ə, trĭs ′kĭ-)
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n. Fear of the number 13.
[Greek treiskaideka, thirteen ( treis, three; see trei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + kai, and + deka, ten; see DECA–) + –PHOBIA.] |
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