English Explanatory Dictionary

koro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.
noun
  1. A Maori male elder.
name
  1. an unwritten Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the East Kameng district

Word forms

koro koros

Etymology

Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion.

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