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| ku·ru [ k roo ] |
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fatal degenerative disease in New Guinea: a fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that affects some peoples in New Guinea. It is believed to derive from the practice of eating the brains of an ancestor.
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| [Mid-20th century. < a dialect of New Guinea, "trembling"] |
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