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A zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci, it can be transmitted to humans and other animals. When carried by any species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family (parrots), it is called psittacosis or parrot fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psittacosis, parrot fever
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atypical pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
ornitóza
— infection
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Danish:
ornithosis
— infection
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Dutch:
ornithose
— infection
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Dutch:
vogelchlamydiose
— infection
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Esperanto:
ornitozo
— infection
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French:
ornithose
— infection
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French:
chlamydiose aviaire
— infection
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Galician:
ornitose
— infection
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German:
Ornithose
— infection
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Italian:
ornitosi
— infection
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ornitose
— infection
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fuglesyke
— infection
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fuglesjuke
— infection
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Norwegian Bokmål:
aviær klamydiose
— infection
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ornitose
— infection
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fuglesjuke
— infection
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
aviær klamydiose
— infection
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Spanish:
ornitosis
— infection
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Swedish:
ornithos
— infection
