Parrot disease

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Related to Parrot disease: parrot fever, ornithosis

Par·rot dis·ease

(pah-rō'),

1. pseudoparalysis in infants, due to syphilitic osteochondritis;

2. Synonym(s): marasmus

3. Synonym(s): psittacosis

Par·rot dis·ease

(pah-rō' di-zēz')

1. Pseudoparalysis in infants, due to syphilitic osteochondritis.

2. Synonym(s): marasmus.

3. See: psittacosis

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