psittacosis
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editLatin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis
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editpsittacosis (countable and uncountable, plural psittacoses)
- (pathology) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.
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