transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsi-tə-ˈkō-səs ]
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 -ˈkä-tik, -ˈkō- adjective