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Definition of psittacosis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

psittacosis

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