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| psit·ta·co·sis [ sìttə kṓssiss ] |
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disease of birds: a contagious disease of parrots and related birds that can be transmitted to humans, sometimes causing serious lung infection. It is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci.
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| [Late 19th century. < Latin psittacus< Greek psittakos "parrot"] |
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