psittacosis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
psittacosis
    n 1: infectious disease of birds [syn: {psittacosis}, {parrot
         disease}]
    2: an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism
       and transmitted to humans from infected birds [syn:
       {psittacosis}, {parrot fever}, {ornithosis}]
    

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