kuru
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ku·ru
noun \ˈku̇r-(ˌ)ü\Definition of KURU
: a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism
Origin of KURU
Fore (language of eastern highland Papua New Guinea)
First Known Use: 1957
ku·ru
noun \ˈku̇(ə)r-(ˌ)ü\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of KURU
: a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism—called also laughing death, laughing sickness
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