psittacosis

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Latin psittacus (“parrot”) +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɨs/

Noun

psittacosis (plural psittacoses)

1. (pathology) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.

Synonyms

• ornithosis
• parrot disease
• parrot fever

Derived terms

• psittacotic

Translations

infection

Czech: psitakóza (cs) f., ornitóza (cs) f., papouščí nemoc (cs) f. Danish: psittacosis (da) c., ornithosis (da) c., papegøjesyge (da) c. Faroese: nátasjúka (fo) f., havhestasjúka (fo) f.

Scottish Gaelic: galar-pearraide (gd) m. Slovak: papagájová choroba (sk) f. Spanish: psitacosis (es)