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Noun: ornithosis  ,or-nu'thow-sis
  1. An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
    - psittacosis, parrot fever

Type of: atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia

Encyclopedia: Ornithosis

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