Derived from the Latin Descendere (“go down”), it is defined as fear of walking down stairs or inclines; fear or discomfort while descending stairs or walking down a hill; fear of going down in a lift or elevator. The symptoms can include dizziness and space disorientation and in extreme cases it can reach the state of irrational fear.
A umbrella term for non-transgender and non-transsexual person who has ancestry of transgender and transsexual people. They have first appeared before the 21st century.