HyperDic: kuru

English > 1 sense of the word kuru:
NOUNstatekurua 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
English > kuru: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Broadernervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological diseaseA disorder of the nervous system
Spanishkuru
Catalankuru

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