nagana

(nə gä)

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

Origin: < Zulu u(lu)-nakane

See nagana in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also n'ga·na

noun
An often fatal disease of African ungulates caused by various species of trypanosomes and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. Also called tsetse disease.

Origin:

Origin: Zulu -nakane

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