kuru (n)

n14109101

type n
lex_filenum 26
def 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
def thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
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Hypernym nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
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Hyponym nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease

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