English Dictionary

kuru

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʉː.ɹʉː/

名詞

不可算名詞

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

日本語の意味

ニューギニアのフォレ族およびその周辺の地域において見られる、進行性で致命的な中枢神経系疾患。プリオンが原因とされ、その性質は羊のスクレイピーに類似し、非ヒト霊長類にも伝播可能で、儀式的なカニバリズムによって拡散したと考えられる。

Researchers studying kuru have traced its spread among Fore communities to ritual cannibalism practiced decades ago.

ニューギニアのフォア族に見られる慢性で進行性の致命的な中枢神経系疾患を研究している研究者たちは、その広がりが数十年前に行われた儀礼的な食人慣習に起因することを突き止めた。

意味（1）

A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

By the late 1950s, kuru was the leading cause of death among Fore women, and it had killed so many that men outnumbered women by three to one.