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Meanings of culture-bound syndrome in английском

русский
этнический психоз
португальский
síndrome ligada à cultura
испанский
síndrome cultural
каталонский
síndrome cultural

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

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