Psittacosis
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- ornithosisparrot diseaseparrot fever
- plural
- Psittacosises
- possessive
- Psittacosis's
- pluralpossessive
- Psittacosises'