单词 | psittacoses |
释义 | psittacoses in British English (ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsiːz) plural noun psittacosis psittacosis in British English (ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs) noun a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to humans, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia Also called: parrot fever, ornithosis Word origin C19: from New Latin, from Latin psittacus a parrot, from Greek psittakos; see -osis |
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