PARROT FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parrot fever mean? 

• PARROT FEVER (noun)
  The noun PARROT FEVER has 1 sense:

1. an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

  Familiarity information: PARROT FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARROT FEVER (noun)

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Meaning:

An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ornithosis; parrot fever; psittacosis

Hypernyms ("parrot fever" 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)