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Psittacosis

//ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds wordnet
  3. 3
    infectious disease of birds wordnet

Etymology

From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis. By surface analysis, psittac- + -osis.

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