Usually means: Irrational fear of genital retraction.
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  1. koro: Merriam-Webster
  2. koro: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Koro, koro: Wordnik
  4. Koro, koro: Wiktionary
  5. koro: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. koro: Dictionary.com
  7. KORO (TV), KORO, Koro (medicine), Koro: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  3. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)

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  1. KORO: Acronym Finder
  2. koro: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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  1. koro: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. koro: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Koro)

noun:  (psychology) 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:  A Maori male elder.
noun:  an unwritten Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the East Kameng district

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