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. Noun. A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism. ¹

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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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kuru

kurmas
kurnakovite
kurnakovites
kurrajong
kurrajongs
kurrat
kurre
kurres
kursaal
kursaals
kurta
kurtas
kurtoses
kurtosis
kurtosises
kurumsakite
kurus
kurvey
kurveyed
kurveying
kurveyor
kurveyors
kurveys
kusachiite
kusimanse
kusimanses
kuskus
kussier
kussmaul breathing

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