单词 | psittacosis |
释义 | psittacosis /sit'euh koh"sis/, n. Pathol. a 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. [1895-1900; < L psittac(us) parrot ( < Gk psittakós) + -OSIS] |
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