psittacosis
noun/ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/
/ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)- a disease of birds, especially parrots, which causes pneumonia (= a disease of the lungs) in humansWord Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin psittacus ‘parrot’ + -osis.
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