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Definition of Kuru

1. Noun. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned.

Definition of Kuru

1. a disease of the nervous system [n -S]

Medical Definition of Kuru

1. Degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in members of the Fore tribe of new Guinea: a spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) similar to scrapie and thought to be transmitted by cannibalism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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