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psittacosis

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Noun

an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

infectious disease of birds

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Synonyms:
parrot fever ornithosis parrot disease

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "psittacosis":
psittacosis psittacus

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