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psittacosis

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
psittacosis /ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/

▶noun a contagious disease of birds, caused by chlamydiae and transmissible (especially from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia.

– origin C19: from L. psittacus ‘parrot’ + -osis.

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