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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]



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]