Editing Arachnophobia (section)

{{short description|Fear of spiders and other arachnids}}
{{about|fear of arachnids in humans}}
{{Infobox medical condition
| name          = Arachnophobia
| synonyms      = Arachnephobia<ref>Patricia Bowen (ed.), ''Internal Medicine Words'', Rayve Productions, 1997, p. 18.</ref>
| image         = Little Miss Muffet 2 - WW Denslow - Project Gutenberg etext 18546.jpg
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| caption       = Though most arachnids are harmless, a person with arachnophobia may still panic or feel uneasy around one. Sometimes, even an object resembling a spider can trigger a panic attack in an arachnophobic individual. The above cartoon is a depiction of the nursery rhyme "[[Little Miss Muffet]]", in which the title character is "frightened away" by a spider. 
| pronounce     = {{IPAc-en|ə|ˌ|r|æ|k|n|ə|ˈ|f|əʊ|b|i|ə}}
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'''Arachnophobia''' is the fear of [[spider]]s and other [[arachnid]]s such as [[scorpion]]s<ref name=":0" /> and [[tick]]s. The word "arachnophobia" comes from the Greek words [[arachne]] and [[phobia]].