Gambia
(ˈgæmbɪə)
The name of a state of western Africa, used attrib. to designate a form of trypanosomiasis prevalent there.
| 1905 Proc. R. Soc. LXXIV. 389 These experiments go to show that the two diseases—Gambia Fever and Sleeping Sickness—..are distinct. 1908 Practitioner Feb. 224 The trypanosomata of Gambia fever (trypanosomiasis). |