kuru in English

noun
1
a fatal disease of the brain occurring in some peoples in New Guinea and thought to be caused by a viruslike agent such as a prion.
Among humans, the disease kuru , found in the south Pacific, was also shown to be transmissible.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "kuru" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "kuru", or refer to the context using the word "kuru" in the English Dictionary.

1. These animals then developed symptoms of kuru.

2. The temporal adverbs are henni (now), kuru (again) and unto (then).

3. Kuru, Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

4. Abats (latīņu: abbas, no ivrita: אבּא‎ — 'tēvs') — Romas katoļu baznīcas goda tituls, kuru no 5

5. In 1971, Kotori no Kuru Hi (The Pretty Bird) won the Graphic Prize Fiera di Bologna.

6. Kuru, Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (New Texts Out Now) Ahmet T

7. Purukutsa, the chief of the Purus, was killed in the battle and the Bharatas and the Purus merged into a new tribe, the Kuru, after the war.

8. 'Ambargo konsa bİle uzun sÜrmez' Ege Kuru Meyve ve Mamulleri İhracatçıları Birliği Başkanı Birol Celep, Suudi Arabistan'a ihracatta 8 aydır artış olduğunu, konunun ticari değil

9. Some subviral particles also cause disease: the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, which include Kuru, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease"), are caused by prions, hepatitis D is due to a satellite virus.