Kuru

n. fatal progressive brain disease transmitted by and associated with ritual cannibalism (endemic to the people of Papua New Guinea)

Kuru or Kurus may be: Kuru (kingdom), a powerful Indian kingdom during the Vedic period and later a republic during the Mahajanapada periodKuru Kingdom, a kingdom based on the historic Kuru kingdom in Indian epic literatureKuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people.Kuru (archaeology), Indian ethnic group and their kingdom Kuru (mythology) is part of African mythology Kuru (Hinduism), imputed ancestral king Kuru, Finland, municipalityKuruş, Turkish currencyKuru, Turkish dried-bean dish kurufasulye Kuru school, in Kuru, Nigeria Kuru (band), British punk band during the late 1990sKURU (film), an indy film in development by The EnemyS/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer, Finnish word for a type of canyonInterbreeding IX: Kuru, a various artists CD compilation
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Kuru /ku·ru/ an infectious form of prion disease with a long incubation period found only in New Guinea and thought to be associated with ritual [more]Kuru - Community and Resources

Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
2. 100 kurus equal 1 lira
(synonym) piaster, piastre
(hypernym) Turkish monetary unit
(part-holonym) lira, Turkish lira
(part-meronym) asper

adj. dry, drying, dried, arid, sapless, scarious

n. course, class, rate of exchance, rate, courtship, flirt, suit, wooing, attention, court, flirtation, par, pass, rush, addresses

v. dry, get dry, dry up, desiccate, parch, sear, season

v. shovel