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bn:00049503n
Noun Concept
SYL
kuru
EN
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 WordNet 3.0
English:
disease
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IS A
EN
nervous disorder
EN
disease
EN
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
DIFFERENT FROM
EN
Kuru
EN
koro
EN
Kuru Kingdom
Kuru
HAS CAUSE
EN
prion
HEALTH SPECIALTY
EN
neurology
EN
infectious disease
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
EN
biopsy
EN
checkup
EN
magnetic resonance imaging
EN
histopathology
POSSIBLE TREATMENT
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symptomatic treatment
SYMPTOMS
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arthralgia
EN
bedsore
EN
headache
EN
depressive disorder
EN
fleshiness
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