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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy. uncountable

   "Whether the disease caused was Surra or Ngana time would not permit me to judge[…]"

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"Whether the disease caused was Surra or Ngana time would not permit me to judge[…]"

Etymology

From Marathi [script needed] (sūra, “air breathed through the nostrils”), imitative of heavy breathing through the nostrils.

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