ochlesis

[ok-lee-sis]

noun Pathology.

any disease caused by overcrowding.

Origin of ochlesis

1855–60; < Greek óchlēsis disturbance, distress, equivalent to óchlē, variant stem of ochleîn to disturb + -sis -sis

Related formsoch·le·sit·ic

[ok-luh-sit-ik] /ˌɒk ləˈsɪt ɪk/, och·let·ic

[ok-let-ik] /ɒkˈlɛt ɪk/, adjective

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