PSITTACOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psittacosis mean? 

• PSITTACOSIS (noun)
  The noun PSITTACOSIS has 2 senses:

1. infectious disease of birds

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

  Familiarity information: PSITTACOSIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSITTACOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infectious disease of birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

parrot disease; psittacosis

Hypernyms ("psittacosis" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2

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 ("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)