psittacosis
psit·ta·co·sis
noun
1.
infectious disease of birds
2.
an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
Origin
From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis. By surface analysis, psittac- + -osis.
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