psittacosis

名词 psittacosis:

1. infectious disease of birds
   同义词：parrot disease
2. an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
   同义词：parrot fever, ornithosis

psit.ta.co.sis

n.（名词）
An infectious disease of parrots and related birds caused by the bacteriumChlamydia psittaci, that is communicable to human beings, in whom it produces high fever, severe headache, and symptoms similar to pneumonia. Also called parrot fever
鹦鹉热：一种由立克次氏体 病毒引起的鹦鹉和其它有关鸟类所患的一种传染病，可传染给人类，引发高烧，严重的头痛和与肺炎相近的一些症状 也作 parrot fever

来源：
New Latin psittacôsis
现代拉丁语 psittacôsis
Latin psittacus [parrot] from Greek psittakos
拉丁语 psittacus [鹦鹉] 源自 希腊语 psittakos
-osis
-osis

【引伸】
psit.tacot.ic