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kuru noun

kuru

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kuru noun

  /ˈkʉː.ɹʉː/ , /ˈkʊ.ɹuː/
  • 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.
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