- kuru - 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
--1 is a kind of nervous disorder, neurological disorder, neurological disease
- kuru, piaster, piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira
--2 is a kind of Turkish monetary unit
--2 is a part of lira, Turkish lira
--2 has parts: asper - kuru, piaster, piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira