nagana

or n'ga·na

[ nuh-gah-nuh ]

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. 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.
2. any trypanosomal disease of animals that is transmitted by the tsetse fly.

nagana

/ nəˈɡɑːnə /

noun

1. a disease of domesticated animals of central and southern Africa, caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse flies

Word History and Origins

Origin of nagana¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nagana¹

from Zulu u-nakane

Example Sentences

The tsetse fly is a bloodsucking insect that kills more than three million livestock in sub-Saharan Africa every year with the nagana wasting disease, sickens and kills over 75,000 people with the sleeping sickness, and destroys over $4 billion each year in agriculture.

From Forbes

Its form in animals is called nagana.

From Reuters

Tsetse are blood-feeding, fast-flying flies that transmit a range of Trypanosoma spp. protozoan pathogens, which cause sleeping sickness in humans and their nagana in their livestock.

From Science Magazine

The tsetse fly is best known as the vector for the trypanosome parasites that cause sleeping sickness and a disease in livestock called nagana.

From Science Magazine

Its form in animals is called nagana.

From Reuters