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triskaidekaphobia

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It wasn't triskaidekaphobia that kept me from submitting to the Cancer Research Blog Carnival

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noun An abnormal fear of the number 13.

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It wasn't triskaidekaphobia that kept me from submitting to the Cancer Research Blog Carnival — Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
The fear is related to triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number 13, also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. — Lead Stories from AOL
Fear of regret, fear of feeling foolish, and fear of the number 13 (triskaidekaphobia). — pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
I've never suffered from triskaidekaphobia. — Six LDS Writers and A Frog
If you suffer from triskaidekaphobia you should skip the remainder of this paragraph.) — US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha

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Greek treiskaideka, thirteen (treis, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + kai, and + deka, ten; see deca-) + phobia.

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