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kuru
- 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
Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. 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
Wikipedia
Kuru may refer to:
Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder endemic to tribal regions of Papua New Guinea. It is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a prion found in humans.
The term "kuru" derives from the Fore word "kuria/guria" ("to shake"), a reference to the body tremors that are a classic symptom of the disease; it is also known among the Fore as the "laughing sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of laughter people would display when afflicted with the disease. It is now widely accepted that kuru was transmitted among members of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea via funerary cannibalism.
Kuru is an ethnic Meetei/ Meitei name for the supreme God, Atiya Kuru Shidaba. It is used by tribes including Kuki, Paite, Hamar, Zou, Tangkhul and Chiru. Kuru's full name is Atiya Kuru Shidaba (Atiya, the vast and empty sky; Kuru, the round or circular hemisphere; and Shidaba, eternal).
In modern times, Kuru is also used to refer to a teacher/parent/educator/instructor who stands above all hindrances and attraction.
Another usage is for things pertaining to anything living or non-living.
Usage examples of "kuru".
Attached to each legion there would be a master of sorcery, trained by the Ceda, Kuru Qan himself.
Nifadas and Kuru Qan that I am not unaware of the complexities wrought through the impending Great Meeting.
Ceda Kuru Qan pushed his wire-bound lenses further up the bridge of his nose and peered at Brys.
Ceda Kuru Qan led Brys into the vast chamber where waited the tiles of the Holds.
He had failed to learn anything of the purported feud between Gnol and Kuru Qan.
Ceda Kuru Qan, First Eunuch Nifadas, Preda Unnutal Hebaz and perhaps First Concubine Nisall.
A building presupposed a builder, yet Kuru Qan claimed that the Azath simply rose into being, drawn together of its own accord.
Thanks to this omission, and in the last moments before the Finadd parted company with Kuru Qan, a crossroads was reached, and then, inexorably, a path was taken.
The Ceda, Kuru Qan, had finally roused himself in all his terrible power.
Brys here, following the seemingly random wanderings of Ceda Kuru Qan.
Should the enemy reach the palace, the loss of Kuru Qan would be decisive.
Ceda, Kuru Qan, but that was behind him now, and Brys saw Ezgara slowly resume his stern expression.
Ceda, Kuru Qan, the small, ancient man, stood unscathed, and the magic raging from him in wave after wave seemed to Brys to be that of a god.
The Trigartas entered the Matsya kingdom from the south-east, and while Virata went out with his troops to meet the foe, Duryodhan with his Kuru forces fell on the kingdom from the north.
Bhishma the Brahman chief Drona, preceptor of the Kuru and Pandav princes, was appointed the leader of the Kuru forces.