kuru

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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

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Vyasa appears when Satyavati summons him to sire sons with Ambika and Ambalika, widows of the Kuru king Vichitravirya. Vyasa

After dinner a kuru kills a man or kidnaps a woman. Kurdish Proverb

Both pastırma and sucuk can be put in kuru fasulye (dry beans) to enrich the aroma. Source: Internet

According to Kuru, Nigeria and indeed other from African countries need to look at the kind of democracy they practice and structure a system that will suit the continent. Source: Internet

For example, the population at risk of the severe debilitating disease kuru has significant over-representation of an immune variant of the prion protein gene G127V versus non-immune alleles. Source: Internet

Her brother Shakuni is enraged by this and vows to take revenge on the Kuru family. Source: Internet

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