What is another word for kuru?
Possible synonyms include piastre, piaster.
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.
Depending on context, synonyms include piastre, piaster.
Related dictionary entries include piaster, piastre, scrapie, prionopathy, prionosis, surra.
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Possible synonyms include piastre, piaster.
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