ORNITHOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ornithosis; parrot fever; psittacosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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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