Nagana

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nagana \Na*ga"na\ (n[.a]*g[aum]"n[.a]), n. [Prob. native name.]
     (Med.)
     A disease of horses and other domestic animals, transmitted
     by the tsetse fly; any trypanosomiasis, especially the
     variety caused by {Trypanosoma brucei}. [South Africa]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]