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单词	kuru
释义	kuru noun ku·​ru ˈku̇r-(ˌ)ü  : a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web For a late breakfast or early lunch, meander over to Mimar Sinan, one of several nearby restaurants specializing in kuru fasülye, white beans stewed in olive oil and tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf. Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2018 At least, with kuru, the cannibalism comes at the beginning. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 25 Jan. 2018 When Prusiner started work on them, it had been established that Creutzfeldt-Jakob, kuru and a sheep disease called scrapie could be transmitted by infected brains, but nobody knew what caused it. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 6 Oct. 2017 But there are other infectious forms: scrapie in sheep, kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Michael Nedelman, CNN, 19 Sep. 2017 The disease predominantly struck women and children, who customarily handled the brains and organs of dead kuru victims during Fore funerals. Special To The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2017 These mysterious misfolded proteins are thought to cause kuru, scrapie, and mad cow disease, as well as the fatal insomnia referred to in the title. Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2006 In the 1950s, D. Carleton Gajdusek, an American research scientist, traveled to Papua New Guinea to study a disease called kuru that infected as many as 2,500 natives in the highlands. Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017 See More Word History Etymology Fore (language of eastern highland Papua New Guinea) First Known Use 1957, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition kuru noun ku·​ru ˈku̇(ə)r-(ˌ)ü  : a rare progressive fatal prion disease that resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and has occurred among tribespeople in eastern New Guinea who engaged in a form of ritual cannibalism called also laughing death, laughing sickness
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