PSITTACOSIS


Meaning of PSITTACOSIS in English

/ ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs; NAmE -ˈkoʊ-/ noun

[ U ] ( medical ) a disease of birds, especially parrots , which causes pneumonia (= a disease of the lungs) in humans

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacus parrot + -osis .

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