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ORNITHOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ornithosis mean?
• ORNITHOSIS (noun)
The noun ORNITHOSIS has 1 sense:
1. an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
Familiarity information: ORNITHOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("ornithosis" 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)
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