psittacosis

English

Etymology

Latin psittacus (“parrot”) +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɨs/

Noun

psittacosis (countable and uncountable, plural psittacoses)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

psittacotic

Translations

infection

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鸚鵡熱 (zh), 鹦鹉热 (zh) (yīngwǔrè)
Czech: psitakóza f, ornitóza f, papouščí nemoc f
Danish: psittacosis c, ornithosis c, papegøjesyge c
Faroese: nátasjúka f, havhestasjúka f
German: Psittakose (de) f, Papageienkrankheit (de) f

Greek: ψιττάκωση (el) f (psittákosi)
Japanese: オウム病 (ōmubyō)
Scottish Gaelic: galar-pearraide m
Slovak: papagájová choroba f
Spanish: psitacosis
Swedish: papegojsjuka c

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