Meanings
plural ornithoses
- countableuncountablemedicineA zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci, it can be transmitted to humans and other animals. When carried by any species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family (parrots), it is called psittacosis or parrot fever.
Synonyms: avian chlamydiosis, parrot disease, parrot fever, psittacosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci, it can be transmitted to humans and other animals. When carried by any species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family (parrots), it is called psittacosis or parrot fever.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech ornitóza
- ornitózainfection
Danish ornithosis
- ornithosisinfection
Dutch ornithose, vogelchlamydiose
- ornithoseinfection
- vogelchlamydioseinfection
Esperanto ornitozo
- ornitozoinfection
French ornithose, chlamydiose aviaire
- ornithoseinfection
- chlamydiose aviaireinfection
German Ornithose
- Ornithoseinfection
Italian ornitosi
- ornitosiinfection
Norwegian Bokmål ornitose, fuglesyke
- ornitoseinfection
- fuglesykeinfection
- fuglesjukeinfection
- aviær klamydioseinfection
Spanish ornitosis
- ornitosisinfection
Swedish ornithos
- ornithosinfection
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ornithosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithosis
“ornithosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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