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English → English (WordNet) Definition: kuru kuru n 1: 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 2: 100 kurus equal 1 lira [syn: piaster, piastre]