English noun: psittacosis | |||
1. | psittacosis (state) infectious disease of birds | ||
Synonyms | parrot disease | ||
Broader (hypernym) | animal disease | ||
2. | psittacosis (state) an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds | ||
Synonyms | ornithosis, parrot fever | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia | ||