kuru

As a noun kuru is

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.

As nouns the difference between kuru and ruru

is that kuru is 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 while ruru is (nz) the morepork.

As nouns the difference between muru and kuru

is that muru is an act of retaliatory theft among the Maori while kuru is 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.

As nouns the difference between kuru and kudu

is that kuru is 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 while kudu is a large, striped, African antelope of the species species: Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or species: Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu.

As nouns the difference between kuru and guru

is that kuru is 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 while guru is a Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.