Chinese and Malaysian culture-bound syndrome (although similar syndromes are found elsewhere) in which persons have the sensation of the their penises or breasts retracting into their bodies. They believe that if this retraction is allowed to proceed that they will die.

(Malaysia) an episode of sudden and intense anxiety that the penis (or in the rare female cases, the vulva and nipples) will recede into the body and possibly cause death. The syndrome occasionally occurs in local epidemics. This syndrome occurs throughout south and east Asia under different names: suo yang (China); jinjinia bemar (Assam); and rok-joo (Thailand). It has been identified in isolated cases in the United States and Europe, as well as among diasporic ethnic Chinese or Southeast Asians. Click here for a more extensive discussion of shuk yang and koro.

A culture specific syndrome of China involving fear of retraction of penis into abdomen with the belief that this will lead to death.

Koro were a shortlived hardcore punk band from Knoxville, Tennessee. They released one self-titled 7" EP in 1983 and recorded a demo for an unreleased LP entitled Speed Kills.

Koro (Japanese: 香炉, kōro) is a Japanese incense burner or censer often used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

a harp that looks a little like a sitar