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- noun pathology, veterinary medicine An
infectious disease caused by thebacterium Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from birds such as parrots, pigeons, sparrows, ducks, and many other species of bird.
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- noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
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