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psit•ta•co•sis

Pronunciation: (sit"u-kō'sis), [key]
—n. Pathol.
a rickettsial disease affecting birds of the parrot family, pigeons, and domestic fowl, caused by the chlamydia Chlamydia psittaci and transmissible to humans. Also called ornithosis, parrot fever.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

psittacism

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