ku·ru /ˈkʊr(ˌ)u/
庫魯病; 新幾內亞震顫病
ku·ru /ˈkʊ(ə)r(ˌ)u/ 名詞
庫魯病,庫魯病(新幾內亞震顫病、慢病毒感染)
kuru
n 1: 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
2: 100 kurus equal 1 lira [syn: piaster, piastre]