A fear of reading; especially in public due to the anticipation of words that are difficult to pronounce or are unfamiliar to the reader.
When asked to read the Preamble to the Constitution, a student froze mid-sentence and fainted on stage. This was subsequently attributed to lexiphobia.
Fear of incurring some form of legal liability, being arrested, or facing other legal consequences for carrying on one's everyday personal and professionalactivities
"The immunity sought and usually granted by these statutes... has been given in the hopes that doctors will thus have an additional incentive to perform their professional and personal responsibility and as an antidote against medical lexphobia."