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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

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