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kuru

/ˈkʊru/
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Definitions 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
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    type of:
    nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder
    a disorder of the nervous system
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