HyperDic: psittacosis

English > 2 senses of the word psittacosis:
NOUNstatepsittacosis, parrot diseaseinfectious disease of birds
statepsittacosis, parrot fever, ornithosisan atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
English > psittacosis: 2 senses > noun 1, state
Meaninginfectious disease of birds.
Synonymparrot disease
Broaderanimal diseaseA disease that typically does not affect human beings
Spanishpsitacosis
Catalanpsitacosi
English > psittacosis: 2 senses > noun 2, state
MeaningAn atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.
Synonymsparrot fever, ornithosis
Broaderatypical pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumoniaAn acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing
Spanishpsitacosis
Catalanpsitacosi

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