Taber's Medical Dictionary
Lima syndrome
(lē′mă)
[ Lima, Peru, where in 1996 a militant movement abducted and took hostage hundreds of people at the Japanese Embassy and set them free a few hours later because of sympathy towards them.]
The identification of a kidnapper with his or her captives.
SEE: Stockholm syndrome
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Lima Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773555/all/Lima syndrome.
Lima syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773555/all/Lima syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Lima syndrome. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773555/all/Lima syndrome
Lima Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 November 05]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773555/all/Lima syndrome.
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