psittacosis

n. 鹦鹉热 [医] 鹦鹉热

发音

US /ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/
US /ˌsiɾəˈkoʊsɪs/

词形变化

psittacoses 复数 psittacoses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    鹦鹉热

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

ornithosis parrot disease parrot fever

上位词 1

atypical pneumonia

词源

From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis. By surface analysis, psittac- + -osis.

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