noun
or n'ga·na nəˈgänə
( -s )
Etymology: Zulu u-nakane, ulu-nakane
: a highly fatal disease of domestic animals in tropical Africa caused by a trypanosome ( Trypanosoma brucei ), marked by fluctuating fever, inappetence, edematous swelling, and sluggishness, and transmitted by tsetse and possibly other biting flies ; broadly : trypanosomiasis of domestic animals