KURU

 Dictionary entry overview: What does kuru mean? 

• KURU (noun)
  The noun KURU has 2 senses:

1. 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. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey

  Familiarity information: KURU used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURU (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("kuru" is a kind of...):

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder (a disorder of the nervous system)

Meaning:

100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kuru; piaster; piastre

Hypernyms ("kuru" is a kind of...):

Turkish monetary unit (monetary unit in Turkey)

Meronyms (parts of "kuru"):

asper (20 aspers equal 1 kuru in Turkey)

Holonyms ("kuru" is a part of...):

lira; Turkish lira (the basic unit of money in Turkey)