kuru
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/ˈkʊɹuː/
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Definitions
noun
- 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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laughing deathlaughing sicknesspiasterpiastrecreutzfeldt-jakob diseasescrapiebovine spongiform encephalopathyprionopathyprionosismad cow diseasechronic wasting diseasesurranairobi diseasezombie deer diseaseprionemiacanavan disease