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Webster 1913 Edition
Ochlesis
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Och-le′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] disturbance, fr.
ὄχλοσ
crowd, mob.] (Med.)
A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.
G. Gregory.
Definition 2024
ochlesis
ochlesis
English
Noun
ochlesis (plural ochleses)
- (medicine) Crowd-poisoning; a disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.