释义 |
ku·ru \ˈkü(ˌ)rü\ noun (-s) Etymology: Fore (language of eastern highland Papua New Guinea) : a rare progressive fatal spongiform encephalopathy resembling Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that occurs among tribesmen in eastern New Guinea, is marked by proliferation of astrocytes in the brain, and is now usually considered to be caused by a prion |