psittacosis

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin psittacus (“parrot”) +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɨs/

Noun

psittacosis (countable and uncountable, 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸚鵡熱／鹦鹉热 (zh) (yīngwǔrè), 鹦鹉热 (zh) (yīngwǔrè)

• Czech: psitakóza f, ornitóza f, papouščí nemoc f
• Danish: psittacosis c, ornithosis c, papegøjesyge c
• Faroese: nátasjúka f, havhestasjúka f
• German: Psittakose (de) f, Papageienkrankheit (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ψιττάκωση (el) f (psittákosi)
• Japanese: オウム病 (ōmubyō)
• Scottish Gaelic: galar-pearraide m
• Slovak: papagájová choroba f
• Spanish: psitacosis
• Swedish: papegojsjuka c