1) Nervous disorder 2) Neurological disease 3) Neurological disorder
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[Iisaku] Category for politics in 1042 ...
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[India] Location of Numata in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. ...
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[disease] Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder endemic to tribal regions of Papua New Guinea. It is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, caused by a prion found in humans. The term `kuru` derives from the Fore word `kuria/guria` (`to shake`), a reference to the body tremors that are a classic symptom of the ...
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brain disease transmitted by cannibalism
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infectious, fatal degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that occurs primarily among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea.[5 related articles]
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<disease, virology> Degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in members of the Fore tribe of new Guinea: a spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) similar to scrapie and thought to be transmitted by cannibalism. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(koo´roo) an infectious form of prion disease with a long incubation period; it is found only among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, is always fatal, and is thought to be associated with ritual cannibalism. Characteristics include truncal and limb ataxia, a shivering-like tremor (“kuru” ...
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A disease found in the Fore tribe in New Guinea, and due to the eating of human infected tissue by members of a tribe. In general the women ate brain tissue rather than the men and so it was the women and children that died relatively rapidly of the disease.
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Degenerative disease of the central nervous system found in members of the Fore tribe of New Guinea: a spongiform encephalopathy
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kū′rū Definitions: 1. A progressive fatal spongiform encephalopathy characterized by ataxia, tremors, lack of coordination, and death. Pathologic lesions in the brain include neuronal loss, astrocytosis, and status spongiosus. Found only in the Fore people in the highlands of New Guinea and transmitted thro...
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Kuru: A slowly progressive fatal disease of the brain due to an infectious agent transmitted among people in Papua New Guinea by ritual cannibalism. Kuru is an infectious form of subacute spongiform encephalopathy. It was once thought to be due to a slow virus but is now believed to be caused by a tiny protein particle called a prion. It appears to...
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Kuru is a degenerative disease of the nervous system, restricted to certain tribes in New Guinea, marked by loss of muscular control and thought to be caused by a slow virus.
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[
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 2. [n] - 100 kurus equal 1 lira
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rare form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy endemic to Papua New Guinea
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dynasty in which the Pandavas appeared. The term is specifically used to refer to their wicked cousins.
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a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, esp. the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct.
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