| 单词 | kuru |
| 释义 | kuru (once / 4819 pages) n WORD FAMILY kuru: kurus USAGE EXAMPLESThis is also true for kuru, meaning that its dietary transmission probably requires the ingestion of CNS tissue121. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) Scientists have known that these self-propagating, pathological proteins cause some rare brain disorders, such as kuru in Papua New Guinea. Scientific American(Oct 28, 2015) Aside from CJD and the related mad cow disease, kuru is perhaps the most famous prion disease. Science Magazine(Sep 09, 2015) 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 Hyper nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder a disorder of the nervous system |
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