An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel. Classified under: Nouns denoting people. Synonyms: field officer; field-grade officer; FO. Hypernyms (field-grade officer is a kind of...): commissioned military officer (a commissioned officer in the army or air force or marine corp) Domain category:
Pogonophobia is the fear of beards. The origin of the word pogono is Greek (meaning beard) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear). Pogonophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the home page.
Blood phobia. Blood phobia (also AE: hemophobia or BE: haemophobia) is the extreme and irrational fear of blood, a type of specific phobia. Severe cases of this fear can cause physical reactions that are uncommon in most other fears, specifically vasovagal syncope (fainting). Similar reactions can also occur with trypanophobia and traumatophobia.