[Marathi sūra air breathed through the nostrils.] A disease of horses and other domestic animals in India, China, and other countries, supposed to be caused by a microbe, Trypanosoma Evansi.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict.
1904. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 20 Aug., 368/2. Tabanus can carry the trypanosome of surra.
