单词 | ornithosis |
释义 | ornithosisn. Medicine. Infection with the bacterium Chlamydia (or Chlamydophila) psittaci or certain related organisms, esp. as a zoonosis transmitted from birds. Cf. psittacosis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > other disorders of birds pipa1425 gout1486 rank1709 cholera1834 diphtheria1863 fowl pox1908 myelocytomatosis1933 ornithosis1939 puffinosis1948 angel wing1967 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [noun] > disorders of lungs > caused by fungus or parasite pneumotyphus1846 pneumonomycosis1875 pneumomycosis1890 psittacosis1896 aspergillosis1898 histoplasmosis1907 nocardiosis1907 parrot disease1908 torulosis1929 coccidioidomycosis1937 valley fever1938 ornithosis1939 farmer's lung1944 parrot fever1947 San Joaquin Valley fever1958 1939 K. F. Meyer et al. in Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 41 173 (title) Complement-fixation test..as aid in recognizing latent avian psittacosis (ornithosis). 1951 Lancet 29 Sept. 572/2 This monograph is essentially a review of present knowledge of the clinical features [etc.]..and treatment of psittacosis and ornithosis. 1959 Times 25 Mar. 8/6 A generalized virus infection known as psittacosis or ornithosis. 1966 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 13/4 A much bigger danger..is the wood pigeon, which..suffers from ornithosis, more usually associated with budgerigars, that can give man a form of pneumonia. 1973 Observer 4 Nov. 5/3 A steadily increasing number of people..catch psittacosis—or ornithosis, as it is known in humans—from imported parrot-like birds. 1996 Guardian 9 Mar. (Outlook section) 24/5 They [sc. feral pigeons] can even be infected with ornithosis, a form of psittacosis which can spread to humans if dust contaminated by their droppings is inhaled. Derivatives orniˈthotic adj. rare ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [adjective] > other disorders of birds gouty1600 pipped1797 Rous1911 ornithotic1947 1947 W. P. Blount Dis. Poultry xliii. 388 There are, however, other allied virus infections of birds, such as that under investigation..in the pigeon, which is equally ornithotic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1939 |
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