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kuru

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kuru.

Editorial note

This left behind the individuals genetically resistant to various forms of brain diseases including kuru, mad cow disease, and dementia.

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Quick take

(Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.

noun

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kuru.

noun

(Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.

noun

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

Example sentences

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This left behind the individuals genetically resistant to various forms of brain diseases including kuru, mad cow disease, and dementia.

2

The comments on the article address this concern, but what actually happened was eating human brains led to the kuru endemic.

3

I use a Staedtler triplus fineliner as far as daily use pens go and a uni kuru toga mechanical pencil.

4

Although I prefer the way Uni Kuru writes as it rotates the lead as you write making everything very even.

5

Seem like the Uni Kuru Toga Dive is the peak mechanical pencil.

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For diet-related prion disorders (kuru), there is a strong selective pressure.

7

I damaged two kuru togas in the span of 6 months, very frustrating.

8

Love Pentel Graphear 1000, have multiple distributed throughout the house/workshop and backpacks:) The other I really like is UNI Kuru Toga, the plastic one (shrug).

9

I'm using the - much cheaper - Kuru Toga Advance now...

10

I like the Uni Kuru Toga pencils myself.

11

I'm not finished with it yet, but in the section about Kuru there was a comment about how cases happened at least 4 decades after the cannibalism ended.

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I like the Roulette, probably my favorite Kuru Toga (although I haven't tried the Dive yet...) It has a very nice grip and I actually prefer the 40 stroke engine.

Proper noun examples

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In Papua New Guinea the prion based disease, Kuru, transmitted by cannibalism was last reported in 2005.

2

Saw at the podiatrist that someone named a shoe company Kuru, presumably not after the prison disease affecting gait.

3

Eating corpses seems to be selected out with diseases like Kuru.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use kuru in a sentence?

This left behind the individuals genetically resistant to various forms of brain diseases including kuru, mad cow disease, and dementia.

What does kuru mean?

(Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.

What part of speech is kuru?

kuru is commonly used as noun.