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locura

locura noun: a Latin-American culture-bound syndrome of severe chronic psychosis.

Noun

locura (uncountable)

  1. A Latin-American culture-bound syndrome of severe chronic psychosis.

Origin of locura

Borrowed from Spanish locura (“madness”).

Questions about locura

What does locura mean?
Locura means a Latin-American culture-bound syndrome of severe chronic psychosis.
What part of speech is locura?
Locura is a noun.

Words near locura in the dictionary

  1. locums
  2. locumship
  3. locumships
  4. locundioside
  5. locuplete
  6. locura
  7. locus
  8. locus amoenus
  9. locus classicus
  10. locus coeruleus
  11. locus in quo

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