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koro

genital-related neurosis, in which an individual has an overpowering belief that one’s genitalia are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals
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koro

Summary

koro ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (824 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • koro is a type of culture-bound syndrome[2].
  • koro is a type of delusional disorder[3].
  • koro's different from is recorded as Kuru[4].
  • koro's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[5].
  • koro's health specialty is recorded as clinical psychology[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include culture-bound syndrome[2] and delusional disorder[3].

Why It Matters

koro ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (824 views/month).[1] koro has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] koro is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

psychiatry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). koro. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/koro
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → psychiatry, clinical psychology
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → culture-bound syndrome, delusional disorder
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293873905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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