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kuru
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Noun kuru has 1 sense
- kuru(n = noun.state) Array - 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; Array is a kind of nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder
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