dhat

dhat

n. a culture-bound syndrome specific to India. Dhat involves severe anxiety and hypochondriacal concerns about the discharge of semen, whitish discoloration of the urine, and feelings of weakness and exhaustion. It is similar to shen-k’uei.

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