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koro
[ kawr-oh, kohr-oh ]
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.
koro
/ ˈkɒrɒ /
noun
- an elderly Māori man
- a title of respect for an elderly Māori man
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Word History and Origins
Origin of koro1
< dialectal Malay (Kedah) kɔrɔ land turtle (standard Malay kura-kura
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Word History and Origins
Origin of koro1
Māori
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Example Sentences
He at once had the chief Koro Koro, who happened to be on board, seized and bound hand and foot in the cabin.
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The captain in return shot at the infuriated chief, but missed him, and Koro Koro paddled ashore.
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Koro Koro walked up and down among the rows of listeners keeping order with his chief's staff.
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The Ainu gave these people the name of Koro-pok-kuru—men of the holes.
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Others, however, tell us that these Koro-pok-kuru were their ancestors, and much more hairy than the Ainu of the present day.
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