psittacotic
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psittacotic — adjective see psittacosis … New Collegiate Dictionary
psittacotic — psit·ta·cot·ic … English syllables
psittacotic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|käd.ik adjective Etymology: from New Latin psittacosis, after such pairs as New Latin narcosis : English narcotic : of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with psittacosis … Useful english dictionary
psittacosis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin psittacus Date: 1897 an infectious disease of birds caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia psittaci), marked by diarrhea and wasting, and transmissible to humans in whom it occurs as a flu like illness often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
