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dhat
Updated on 04/19/2018
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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