| NOUN | state | kuru | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease | A disorder of the nervous system |
| Spanish | kuru | |
| Catalan | kuru | |
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