surra

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounsurra (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy.

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

    1901 May 24, “Veterinary Work at Uganda”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 6, page 178

Origin

  1. Marathi[script needed]“air breathed through the nostrils”
  2. Englishsurra

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

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Translations

French surra
  • surradisease of animals
German Surra
  • Surradisease of animals
Italian surra
  • surradisease of animals
Polish surra
  • surradisease of animals
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APA

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Chicago

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