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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 birdsplay

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 birdsplay

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)

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