Associations to the word «Ornithosis»
Wiktionary
ORNITHOSIS, noun. (medicine) The avian disease psittacosis when transmitted to humans
Dictionary definition
ORNITHOSIS, noun. An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.
Wise words
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