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kuru
Kuru is a highly specialized medical term referring to a specific transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Because it describes a unique pathological condition tied to a specific historical and cultural practice, it is used almost exclusively in medical, anthropological, and neurological contexts.
As a clinical name for a disease, the term is uncountable. It functions as a proper name for the condition and does not take a plural form, nor is it used with indefinite articles like "a kuru" in standard medical discourse.
Meanings
Examples
Kuru is a prion disease that primarily affected the Fore people.
The transmission of kuru occurred through ritual cannibalism.
The transmission of kuru occurred through ritual cannibalism.
He studied the pathology of kuru in the mid twentieth century.
Kuru causes a loss of coordination and severe tremors.
Kuru causes a loss of coordination and severe tremors.
The incidence of kuru declined after the practice of endocannibalism stopped.
Could this patient be suffering from a variant of kuru?
The brain tissue of a kuru victim shows a spongiform appearance.
The brain tissue of a kuru victim shows a spongiform appearance.
Anthropologists documented how kuru devastated entire villages.