psittacosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.

/ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/ [ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɪs]

psittacosis psittacoses

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

ornithosis parrot disease parrot fever

psittacotic

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