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nagana

or n'ga·na

[ nuh-gah-nuh ]
/ nəˈgɑ nə /
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noun Veterinary Pathology.
a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly.
any trypanosomal disease of animals that is transmitted by the tsetse fly.
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Also called tset·se disease [tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee-] /ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˈti-/ .

Origin of nagana

1890–95; <Nguni; compare Zulu unukane, ulunakane, izinakane

Words nearby nagana

nag, Naga, Naga Hills, Nagaland, nagami kumquat, nagana, Nagano, Nagari, Nagarjuna, Nagasaki, nagger
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How to use nagana in a sentence

  • Nagana is one of the most serious diseases of domestic animals in Central and Southern Africa.

    Insects and Diseases|Rennie W. Doane

  • The nagana, or tsetse-fly disease of cattle is the most virulent disease of domestic animals in certain parts of Africa.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

  • In the course of his work he established beyond question that the "nagana" and the tsetse-fly disease were identical.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

British Dictionary definitions for nagana

nagana
/ (nəˈɡɑːnə) /
noun
a disease of domesticated animals of central and southern Africa, caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse flies

Word Origin for nagana

from Zulu u-nakane
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