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Significados de folk illness en inglés

ruso
этнический психоз
portugués
síndrome ligada à cultura
español
síndrome cultural
catalán
síndrome cultural

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

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        síndrome cultural
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        Examples for "culture-bound syndrome"
        Examples for "culture-bound syndrome"
        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