claustrophobia

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.

   She complained of emaciation, nervousness, tenderness of the scalp, weakness of the back, claustrophobia, and other morbid fears.

2. 2
   noun

   a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“a shut-in place”), from Latin claudō (“to shut, close; to imprison, confine”) + -phobia. First attested in the British Medical Journal.