单词 | psittacosis |
释义 | psittacosis/ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs /noun [mass noun] A contagious disease of birds, caused by chlamydiae and transmissible (especially from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia.One species, C. psittaci, causes psittacosis (so-called parrot fever), a respiratory infection transmitted from birds to people....
OriginLate 19th century: from Latin psittacus 'parrot' + -osis. Rhymes |
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