kuru


Meanings

  • 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
  • KURU n pl. -S a disease of the nervous system

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Scrabble Score: 8

kuru is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

kuru is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

kuru is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 10

kuru is a valid Words With Friends word