Associations to the word «Ornithosis»

Adjective

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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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