psittacosis
/ˌpsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs/noun
mass noun
- a contagious disease of birds, caused by chlamydiae and transmissible (especially from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia鹦鹉热（一种由衣原体引起、尤通过鹦鹉传染给人类、引发肺炎的鸟传染病）。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Latin psittacus 'parrot'+-OSIS.