n.
Pronunciation: ˌ si-t ə - ' k ō -s ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin psittacus
Date: 1897
: an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium ( Chlamydia psittaci ), marked by diarrhea and wasting, and transmissible to humans in whom it occurs as a flu-like illness often accompanied by pneumonia ― called also ornithosis parrot fever
– psit · ta · co · tic \ - ' kä-tik, - ' k ō - \ adjective