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PSITTACOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
Synonyms:
ornithosis; parrot fever; psittacosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("psittacosis" is a kind of...):
atypical pneumonia; mycoplasmal pneumonia; primary atypical pneumonia (an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Infectious disease of birds
Synonyms:
parrot disease; psittacosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("psittacosis" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
