Synonyms for kuru

Noun

1. kuru, nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease

usage: 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. kuru, piaster, piastre, Turkish monetary unit

usage: 100 kurus equal 1 lira