nagana
nagana definition
na·gana (nə gä′nə)
noun
an infectious disease affecting horses and cattle in tropical Africa, caused by a trypanosome (Trypanosoma brucei) transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies
Etymology: < Zulu u(lu)-nakane
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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