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Definition of Psittacosis

1. Noun. Infectious disease of birds.

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

Definition of Psittacosis

1. Noun. (disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Psittacosis

1. [n -COSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psittacosis

psithurism psittacid psittacids psittaciform psittacine psittacines psittacism psittacisms psittacofulvine psittacosaur

psittacosaurid psittacosaurids psittacosaurs psittacosaurus psittacoses psittacosis (current term) psittacotic psivamp psivamps psoae

psoai psoas psoas major psoases psoatic psocid psocids psocopterous psocopterous insect psogos

Literary usage of Psittacosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human beings which broke out in Paris in 1892, causing forty-nine cases and sixteen ..."

2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human ... J There is a good deal of doubt, however, whether B. psittacosis is the real ..."

3. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human ... J There is a good deal of doubt, however, whether B. psittacosis is the real ..."

4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human ... There is a good deal of doubt, however, whether B. psittacosis is the real ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human beings which broke out in Paris in 1892, causing forty-nine cases and sixteen ..."

6. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"B. psittacosis was found in a highly fatal, pneumonia-like disease of human beings which broke out in Paris in 1892, causing forty-nine cases and sixteen ..."

7. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"psittacosis This is a disease of birds—especially parrots—which is transmitted ... Conditions to be Differentiated from psittacosis It may be mistaken for: ..."

8. Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by Milton Howard Fussell (1916)
"psittacosis This is a disease of birds—especially parrots—which is transmitted ... Conditions to be Differentiated from psittacosis It may be mistaken for: ..."

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