Answer: kurus

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kurusmonetary unit of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira; piaster
kurusKURU, a disease of the nervous system
kurusfatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by progressive lack of coordination and dementia, known only among certain Melanesian peoples, esp. the Fore of New Guinea, and caused by a slow virus: now virtually extinct