a culture-specific syndrome, occurring chiefly in China and southeastern Asia, characterized by anxiety and the fear of retraction of the penis or breasts and labia into the body
Word origin
[‹ dial. Malay (Kedah) kɔrɔ land turtle (standard Malay kura-kura]
Examples of 'koro' in a sentence
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The case clusters depict unique socioeconomic factors and interesting health-seeking behavior toward koro.
Suddhendu Chakraborty, Debasish Sanyal 2011, 'An outbreak of Koro among 19 workers in a jute mill in south Bengal', Industrial Psychiatry Journalhttp://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2011;volume=20;issue=1;spage=58;epage=60;aulast=Chakraborty. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clinical, historical and cultural features of koro, as well as therapeutic strategies, are discussed.
Rimona Durst, Paula Rosca-Rebaudengo 1991, 'The Disorder Named Koro', Behavioural Neurologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1991-4101. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)