| koro | A culture-specific acute delusional syndrome occurring mostly in the malay people and southern chinese. The syndrome is characterised by the individual's sudden experience of depersonalization depicted by the belief that his penis is shrinking into his abdomen and that he will die when this occurs. Although generally classified as a culture-specific syndrome, koro may be no more than a variant of castration anxiety (anxiety, castration) as it has been described in non-asian patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| koronion | The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible; a craniometric point. Synonym: koronion. Origin: G. Korone, crow (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff sounds | Sound's heard over an artery when pressure over it is reduced below systolic arterial pressure, as when blood pressure is determined by the auscultatory method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff's test | A test of collateral circulation; while the artery above an aneurysm is compressed, the blood pressure in the distal circulation is estimated; if it is fairly high, the collateral circulation is good. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korotkoff, Nikolai | <person> Russian physician, 1874-1920. See: Korotkoff sounds, Korotkoff's test. (05 Mar 2000) |