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psittacosis

/ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
psit-ta-co-sis
IPA
/ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

psittacoses (plural)

Derived Forms

psittacotic

Synonyms

ornithosis parrot disease parrot fever

Questions

How do you pronounce psittacosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsitəˈkoʊsɪs/.
What does psittacosis mean?
An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.
Where does psittacosis come from?
From Latin psittacus (“parrot”) + -osis. By surface analysis, psittac- + -osis.

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