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ornithosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-nitho-sis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ornitho- + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ornithoses (plural)

Derived Forms

ornithotic

Synonyms

avian chlamydiosis parrot disease parrot fever psittacosis

Questions

What does ornithosis mean?
A 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.
Where does ornithosis come from?
From ornitho- + -osis.

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