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nagana

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nagana /nəˈɡɑːnə /
noun [mass noun] a disease of cattle, antelope, and other livestock in southern Africa, characterized by fever, lethargy, and oedema, and caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by the tsetse fly.
– ORIGIN late 19th century: from Zulu nakane.