[{"word":"kuru","phonetic":"/ˈkʊɹuː/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈkʊɹuː/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["laughing death","laughing sickness"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuru"]}]