Psittacosis Definition

sĭtə-kōsĭs
noun
An acute or chronic disease of birds, esp. birds of the parrot order, caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia psittaci): often transmitted to humans, in whom it is characterized by fever and pneumonia.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Psittacosis

Noun

Singular:
psittacosis
Plural:
psittacoses

Origin of Psittacosis

  • New Latin psittacōsis Latin psittacus parrot (from Greek psittakos) –osis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin psittacus (“parrot") +"Ž -osis

    From Wiktionary

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