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Psittacosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Psittacosis has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

infectious disease of birds

2

an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

3

An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.

See Also
ornithosis pneumonia bird fever psittacotic parrot disease chlamydia headache
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
animal disease atypical pneumonia
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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