PARROT FEVER (PSITTACOSIS)

Meaning of PARROT FEVER (PSITTACOSIS) in English

An infectious disease due to a bacteria (Chlamydia psittaci) contracted from psittacine birds, especially caged birds like parrots but also in turkey processing plants. The name psittacosis comes from the Greek "psittakos" meaning parrot.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

PSITTACOSIS — (-ósis) n [Pathol.] psittacosis
Interlingua English vocab
PSITTACOSIS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin psittacus Date: 1897 an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium ( Chlamydia …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PARROT — Any of the approximately 300 species of birds in the family Psittacidae. About 220 species of true parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) …
Английский словарь Британика
FEVER — I or pyrexia Abnormally high body temperature or a disease characterized by it. It most often occurs with infection . …
Английский словарь Британика
PARROT — I. ˈparət also ˈper-, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably irregular from Middle French perroquet, paroquet 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEVER — I. ˈfēvə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēfer, fēfor, from Latin febris; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PSITTACOSIS — ˌsid.ə̇ˈkōsə̇s, -d.ēˈk- noun ( plural psittaco·ses -ōˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin psittacus parrot + -osis : an infectious disease …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARROT — (v. i.) To chatter like a parrot.
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — (v. t.) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, …
Английский словарь Webster
FEVER — (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of …
Английский словарь Webster
PARROT — ( v. t. ) To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARROT — ( v. i. ) To chatter like a parrot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARROT — ( n. ) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PSITTACOSIS — /sit'euh koh"sis/ , n. Pathol. a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEVER — — feverless , adj. /fee"veuhr/ , n. 1. an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PSITTACOSIS — n. (Pathology) "Parrot Fever", infectious disease carried by some birds and which can be transmitted to humans (causes pneumonia, high …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PARROT — I. ˈper-ət, ˈpa-rət noun Etymology: probably modification of Middle French perroquet Date: circa 1525 1. : any of numerous widely …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEVER — I. ˈfē-vər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēfer, from Latin febris Date: before 12th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PSITTACOSIS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin psittacus Date: 1897 : an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium ( …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARROT — vi to chatter like a parrot. 2. parrot ·vt to repeat by rote, as a parrot. 3. parrot ·noun in …
Webster English vocab
FEVER — vt to put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. 2. fever ·noun excessive excitement of …
Webster English vocab
PSITTACOSIS — [ ˌsɪtə'kəʊsɪs ] ■ noun a contagious disease of birds, caused by chlamydiae and transmissible (especially from parrots) to human …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PSITTACOSIS — [psit.ta.co.sis] n [NL, fr. L psittacus] (1897): an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia psittaci), marked by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEVER — [fe.ver] n [ME, fr. OE fefer, fr. L febris] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a rise of body temperature above the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PSITTACOSIS — also called Ornithosis, or Parrot Fever, infectious disease of worldwide distribution caused by a bacterial parasite (Chlamydia psittaci) and transmitted …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARROT — any of several hundred species of the bird family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. (See psittaciform.) The classification of psittaciform birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEVER
Britannica English vocabulary
PSITTACOSIS — psittacosis BrE AmE ˌsɪt ə ˈkəʊs ɪs § -əs AmE ˌsɪt̬ ə ˈkoʊs əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FEVER — fever BrE AmE ˈfiːv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ fever|ed d ▷ fever|s z ▶ ˈ fever pitch, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PSITTACOSIS — / ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs; NAmE -ˈkoʊ-/ noun [ U ] ( medical ) a disease of birds, especially parrots , which causes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARROT — / ˈpærət; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a tropical bird with a curved beak. There are several types …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEVER — / ˈfiːvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] a medical condition in which a person has a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARROT — I. par ‧ rot 1 /ˈpærət/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Old French perroquet …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEVER — fe ‧ ver /ˈfiːvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: febris ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PSITTACOSIS — n. a contagious viral disease of birds transmissible (esp. from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia. [mod.L …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEVER — n. & v. --n. 1 a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PSITTACOSIS — n. a contagious viral disease of birds transmissible (esp. from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARROT — n. & v. n. 1 any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEVER — n. & v. n. 1 a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PSITTACOSIS — n. a contagious viral disease of birds transmissible (esp. from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
PARROT — n. & v. --n. 1. any of various mainly tropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, …
Oxford English vocab
FEVER — n. & v. --n. 1. a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Oxford English vocab
PARROT — ( parrots, parroting, parroted) 1. A parrot is a tropical bird with a curved beak and brightly-coloured or grey feathers. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEVER — ( fevers) 1. If you have a fever when you are ill, your body temperature is higher than usual and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARROT — I. noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES sick as a parrot EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her island was peopled with plumed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cabin fever dengue fever fever blister fever pitch (= a very excited level ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARROT — [noun] [C] - a bird with a curved beak and usually colourful feathers which is found mainly in tropical areas. …
Cambridge English vocab
FEVER — [noun] - a medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual and the heart beats very fast, …
Cambridge English vocab
PARROT — n. Any of the approximately 300 species of birds in the family Psittacidae. About 220 species of true parrots (subfamily …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FEVER — n. undulant fever Mediterranean fever Malta fever dandy fever breakbone fever typhoid fever hay fever hemorrhagic fever swine fever glandular …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARROT — Synonyms and related words : Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, ape, bourgeois, burgher, come again, commit to memory, compulsive …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEVER — Synonyms and related words : abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEVER — noun 1 high temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ high , raging ▪ She had a very high ~. ▪ mild , slight …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEVER — n. 25B6; noun he developed fever : FEVERISHNESS, high temperature, febrility; Medicine pyrexia; informal temperature. a fever of excitement : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARROT — n. 1 imitator, mimic, Colloq copycat She never has an original idea of her own she's a mere parrot of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FEVER — noun BAD : I'd caught a cold and had a high fever. GOOD : I'd caught a cold and had …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PSITTACOSIS — сущ.; мед. попугайная болезнь, пситтакоз (медицина) орнитоз, попугайная болезнь psittacosis мед. попугайная болезнь, пситтакоз
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARROT — 1. сущ. 1) попугай 2) фигура попугая, используемая в качестве мишени для стрельбы Syn : popinjay 3) попугай; человек, бессмысленно …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEVER — 1. сущ. 1) жар, лихорадка; какое-л. заболевание, основным симптомом которого является очень высокая температура to come down with a fever, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PSITTACOSIS — Орнитоз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PARROT — Parrot virtual machine
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
PSITTACOSIS — n ( pl -ses) мед. орнитоз, попугайная болезнь
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English Dictionary of Medicine

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