Słownik medyczny angielsko-polski Iwona Kienzler

kuru n, zapalenie mózgu na Nowej Gwinei

Wielki słownik medyczny angielsko-polski 2011 r., Anna Słomczewska

kuru, zapalenie mózgu na Nowej Gwinei

Wordnet angielsko-polski

(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, śmiejąca się śmierć