ALL meanings of kuru
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K k - noun kuru A fatal disease of the brain occurring in some peoples in New Guinea and thought to be caused by a viruslike agent such as a prion. 1
- noun kuru a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, especially the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct. 1
- noun kuru a degenerative disease of the nervous system, restricted to certain tribes in New Guinea, marked by loss of muscular control and thought to be caused by a slow virus 0
- noun kuru a degenerative disease of the central nervous system, found among certain aborigines of the eastern highlands of New Guinea 0
- noun kuru 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. 0