kuru
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- noun
- /ˈkuːruː/
- NSFW
- But then, she was sick in the head with the kuru virus, so...
- cause of kuru
- kuru disease
Examples
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Perhaps the most famous disease whose spread is linked to cannibalism is kuru, a deadly nerve degeneration disease afflicting humans.
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Credit: Erkin Kuru and Velocity Hughes, Indiana University
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You all are sick with the kuru virus, you know that?
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Their parent organization, the Kuru Development Trust (kuru is a Naro word meaning "do it" or "create"), was founded in 1986 and grew out of the consolidation of several grassroots development projects initiated by churches in Botswana.
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Although the exact cause of kuru remains elusive, the disease appears to be transmitted infectiously from victim to cannibal through contamination of hands during the handling of infected tissue (Klitzman et al. 1984).
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The Fore people of Papua New Guinea recognized kuru as a deadly illness resulting from consuming infected brain tissue.
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Research on kuru has revealed that its symptoms include tremors and loss of coordination, making it a devastating neurological condition.
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The doctors said that the funeral feasts caused kuru, and they ordered them to stop.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kuru comes from the Fore language of Papua New Guinea, where kuru meant 'to shake' or 'tremble' because people with the illness had uncontrollable shaking. That's why kuru is the name for this deadly brain disease.