Definition of Nagana

1. n. The disease caused by the tsetse fly.

Definition of Nagana

1. Noun. A disease of vertebrates caused by trypanosomes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nagana

1. a disease of horses in Africa [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nagana

1. An acute or chronic disease of cattle, dogs, pigs, horses, sheep, and goats in sub-Saharan Africa; marked by fever, anaemia, and cachexia, varying in severity with the parasite and the host. A collective term for diseases caused by the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma brucei brucei, T. Congolense, and T. Vivax. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nagana

naffs
nafoxidine
nafronyl
nafronyl oxalate
naftifine hydrochloride
naftopidil
nag
nag-screen
nag champa
nag screen
nag screens
naga
nagak
nagami
nagami kumquat
nagana (current term)
naganas
nagapie
nagapies
nagara
nagaras
nagaris
nagarse
nagas
nagashimalite
nagauta
nage-waza
nagelschmidtite
nagged
nagger

Literary usage of Nagana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"(See Nuttall, 1913, loc. cit.) nagana. — As sleeping sickness is to man so is nagana to domesticated animals, especially horses and dogs. ..."

2. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"On nagana or tsetse-fly disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Vol. LXIV (1898). p. ... Differentiation of surra, dourine, mal de caderas and nagana. ..."

3. Publications by Bureau of Government Laboratories, Philippines, Department of the Interior (1903)
"Koch, who worked particularly with surra and nagana, considered the parasites and the resulting infections identical, and many others have formed similar ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1903)
"Laveran and Mesnil were fortunate enough to obtain for the purposes of study in the living condition both the trypanosoma of nagana (tr. brucei) and that of ..."

5. The Clinical Pathology of the Blood of Domesticated Animals by Samuel Howard Burnett (1917)
"nagana Trypanosoma brucei is very similar to Tr. evansi. Laveran and Mesnil consider that there are certain differences,—that Tr. evansi is more slender, ..."

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