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kuru |
1 definition found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kuru n 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 2: 100 kurus equal 1 lira [syn: {piaster}, {piastre}]
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