psittacosis

English

Etymology

Latin psittacus (“parrot”) +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/, [ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɪs]

Noun

psittacosis (countable and uncountable, plural psittacoses)

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

Synonyms

• ornithosis
• parrot disease
• parrot fever

Derived terms

• psittacotic

Translations

infection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鸚鵡熱 / 鹦鹉热 (zh) (yīngwǔrè)

• Czech: psitakóza f, ornitóza f, papouščí nemoc f
• Danish: psittacosis c, ornithosis c, papegøjesyge c
• Dutch: psittacose f
• Faroese: nátasjúka f, havhestasjúka f
• Galician: psitacose (gl) f
• German: Psittakose (de) f, Papageienkrankheit (de) f
• Greek: ψιττάκωση (el) f (psittákosi)
• Japanese: オウム病 (ōmubyō)
• Romanian: boala papagalilor (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: galar-pearraide m
• Slovak: papagájová choroba f
• Spanish: psitacosis
• Swedish: papegojsjuka (sv) c