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Ochlesis

Ochlesis \Och*le"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? disturbance, fr. 'o`chlos crowd, mob.] (Med.) A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.
--G. Gregory.

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ochlesis

n. (context medicine English) crowd-poisoning; a disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.