psittacosisn.

Brit.

/ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌsɪdəˈkoʊsəs/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin psittacus ; Greek ψιττακός , -osis suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (see psittac n.) + -osis suffix, after French psittacose ( A. Morange Psittacose ou infection spéciale déterminée par les perruches (1895).

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

A disease, often taking the form of a severe pneumonia, which is transmitted to humans by birds infected with the bacterium Chlamydia (or Chlamydophila) psittaci or by contact with their droppings, feathers, etc.; (also) infection of parrots and other birds with this organism. Cf. ornithosis n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1896 Lancet 14 Mar. 724/1 The culpability of the parrot tribe as transmitters of infection has lately been insisted on in a thesis entitled ‘Psittacosis’.

1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 10 Jan. 5 Recently three persons were reported to have died from ‘parrot plague’ at Berlin and two at Prague. The disease is rare and is known to medical science as psittacosis.

1966 Listener 3 Nov. 652/3 I remember as a child that my father bought a pair of brightly coloured and rather handsome parakeets, almost at the same time as the great psittacosis scare started, so we got rid of our nice new parakeets.

1970 I. Murdoch Fairly Honourable Defeat i. v. 52 It was called psittacosis because people thought you could only get it from parrots, but in fact you can get it from any bird. Pigeons are notorious carriers of psittacosis.

2003 Bird Keeper June 56/4 The budgies did not have psittacosis or coccidiosis or Newcastle disease.

Derivatives

psittaˈcotic adj. rare of, relating to, or affected with psittacosis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > disorders of lungs > caused by fungus or parasite

psittacotic1943

1943 K. F. Meyer in H. E. Biester Dis. Poultry xxii. 447 The existence of a psittacotic virus, transmissible to mice and parakeets, in newly fledged fulmar petrels..has been proved.

1972 Lancet 8 July 72/1 (heading) Psittacotic pets.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psittacosis
释义	psittacosisn. Brit. /ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌsɪdəˈkoʊsəs/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin psittacus ; Greek ψιττακός , -osis suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin psittacus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ψιττακός parrot (see psittac n.) + -osis suffix, after French psittacose ( A. Morange Psittacose ou infection spéciale déterminée par les perruches (1895). Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. A disease, often taking the form of a severe pneumonia, which is transmitted to humans by birds infected with the bacterium Chlamydia (or Chlamydophila) psittaci or by contact with their droppings, feathers, etc.; (also) infection of parrots and other birds with this organism. Cf. ornithosis n. ΘΚΠ 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 1896 Lancet 14 Mar. 724/1 The culpability of the parrot tribe as transmitters of infection has lately been insisted on in a thesis entitled ‘Psittacosis’. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 10 Jan. 5 Recently three persons were reported to have died from ‘parrot plague’ at Berlin and two at Prague. The disease is rare and is known to medical science as psittacosis. 1966 Listener 3 Nov. 652/3 I remember as a child that my father bought a pair of brightly coloured and rather handsome parakeets, almost at the same time as the great psittacosis scare started, so we got rid of our nice new parakeets. 1970 I. Murdoch Fairly Honourable Defeat i. v. 52 It was called psittacosis because people thought you could only get it from parrots, but in fact you can get it from any bird. Pigeons are notorious carriers of psittacosis. 2003 Bird Keeper June 56/4 The budgies did not have psittacosis or coccidiosis or Newcastle disease. Derivatives psittaˈcotic adj. rare of, relating to, or affected with psittacosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorder of respiratory organs > [adjective] > disorders of lungs > caused by fungus or parasite psittacotic1943 1943 K. F. Meyer in H. E. Biester Dis. Poultry xxii. 447 The existence of a psittacotic virus, transmissible to mice and parakeets, in newly fledged fulmar petrels..has been proved. 1972 Lancet 8 July 72/1 (heading) Psittacotic pets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896
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