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psittacosis
[ sit-uh-koh-sis ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans.
psittacosis
/ ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs /
noun
- a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to man, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Also calledparrot feverornithosis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psittacosis1
1895–1900; < Latin psittac ( us ) parrot (< Greek psittakós ) + -osis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psittacosis1
C19: from New Latin, from Latin psittacus a parrot, from Greek psittakos; see -osis
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