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Meanings of culture-bound syndrome in English

Russian
этнический психоз
Portuguese
síndrome ligada à cultura
Spanish
síndrome cultural
Catalan
síndrome cultural

Combination of symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific culture.

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        этнический психоз
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        Usage of culture-bound syndrome in English
        1
        Others have argued that pre-menstrual syndrome, too, is a Western culture-bound syndrome.
        The Guardian
        2
        Could depression and PMS really be culture-bound syndromes rather than biological entities?
        The Guardian
        3
        Culture-bound syndromes are most often the preoccupation of anthropologists.
        The Guardian