Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Ääntäminen
- UK:
- IPA: /ˈkʊɹuː/
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| portugali | kuru |
| ranska | kuru |
| saksa | Kuru |
| suomi | kuru |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.
Esimerkit
- By the kate 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.