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单词 psittacosis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
psit•ta•co•sis  (sit′ə kōsis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans. Also called ornithosis, parrot fever. 
  • Greek psittakós) + -osis
  • Latin psittac(us) parrot (
  • 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
psittacosis /ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/ n
  1. a disease of parrots, caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia psittaci, that can be transmitted to man, in whom it produces inflammation of the lungs and pneumonia
    Also called: parrot fever
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin psittacus a parrot, from Greek psittakos; see -osis
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