Associations to the word «Psittacosis»

Wiktionary

PSITTACOSIS, noun. (disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.

Dictionary definition

PSITTACOSIS, noun. Infectious disease of birds.
PSITTACOSIS, noun. An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.

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