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  • noun medicine The avian disease psittacosis when transmitted to humans

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

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Examples

  • I'll have to brush up on pullorum, ornithosis, coccidosis, leukosis, perosis, and Ochsner knows how many other-osises and -- itises.

    The Lani People 1951

  • The Disease is called psittacosis - also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis - is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010

  • The Disease is called psittacosis - also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis - is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci (formerly Chlamydia psittaci) and contracted not only from parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, but also from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests 2010

  • Psittacosis also known as parrot disease, parrot fever, and ornithosis - is an infection that is spread by birds (parrots, sparrows, pigeons, etc.).

    House is Right 2009

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