First Known Use: 1957
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kuru
noun ku·ru \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
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Origin of KURU
Fore (language of eastern highland Papua New Guinea)
Medical Dictionary
kuru
noun ku·ru \ˈku̇(ə)r-(ˌ)ü\
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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