surra en · NOUN
Etymology
From Marathi [script needed] (sūra, “air breathed through the nostrils”), imitative of heavy breathing through the nostrils.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A 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:
Translations (4)
fr surra (disease of animals) · de Surra (disease of animals) · it surra (disease of animals) · pl surra (disease of animals)