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nagana

nagana [ nə gnə ] or n'gana [ əng gnə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
cattle disease in Africa: an often fatal disease caused by trypanosome protozoan parasites that affects hoofed animals such as cattle, horses, and goats in tropical Africa and is transmitted by the tsetse fly. It is related to sleeping sickness.

[Late 19th century. < Zulu nakane]
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