Kuru disease in English

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Etymology: From Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”). Perhaps eventually from Proto-Gorokan *kút(V) (“dangling, shaking”) if cognate with the reduplicated element of Yagaria gúli gúli hu- (“be loose, rattle”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|for|kúru|lit=trembling, shivering}} Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”), {{cog|ygr|gúli gúli hu-||be loose, rattle}} Yagaria gúli gúli hu- (“be loose, rattle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Kuru disease (uncountable)

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        "A rare, fatal prion disease of the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, causing progressive neurological decline and historically transmitted through mortuary endocannibalism."
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"Kuru disease" meaning in English

Noun