koro

[ kawr-oh, kohr-oh ]

/ ˈkɔr oʊ, ˈkoʊr oʊ /

noun Psychiatry.

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.

Origin of koro

<dialectal Malay (Kedah) kɔrɔ land turtle (standard Malay kura-kura

Words nearby koro

Kórinthos, Koriyama, korma, Kornberg, Korngold, koro, Korolev, koromiko, korona, korora, Korotkoff sounds

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Example sentences from the Web for koro

He at once had the chief Koro Koro, who happened to be on board, seized and bound hand and foot in the cabin.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves
Koro Koro walked up and down among the rows of listeners keeping order with his chief's staff.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves
The captain in return shot at the infuriated chief, but missed him, and Koro Koro paddled ashore.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves
In the Gulph of Carpentaria, we did not observe any other than the koro, or grey slug.
A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2|Matthew Flinders

British Dictionary definitions for koro

koro

/ (ˈkɒrɒ) /

noun plural koro

an elderly Māori man
a title of respect for an elderly Māori man

Word Origin for koro

Māori

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单词	koro
释义	koro [ kawr-oh, kohr-oh ] / ˈkɔr oʊ, ˈkoʊr oʊ / noun Psychiatry. 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. Origin of koro <dialectal Malay (Kedah) kɔrɔ land turtle (standard Malay kura-kura Words nearby koro Kórinthos, Koriyama, korma, Kornberg, Korngold, koro, Korolev, koromiko, korona, korora, Korotkoff sounds Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for koro He at once had the chief Koro Koro, who happened to be on board, seized and bound hand and foot in the cabin. The Long White Cloud\|William Pember Reeves Koro Koro walked up and down among the rows of listeners keeping order with his chief's staff. The Long White Cloud\|William Pember Reeves The captain in return shot at the infuriated chief, but missed him, and Koro Koro paddled ashore. The Long White Cloud\|William Pember Reeves In the Gulph of Carpentaria, we did not observe any other than the koro, or grey slug. A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2\|Matthew Flinders British Dictionary definitions for koro koro / (ˈkɒrɒ) / noun plural koro an elderly Māori man a title of respect for an elderly Māori man Word Origin for koro Māori Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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