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ochlesis

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och⋅le⋅sis

  [ok-lee-sis]
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–noun Pathology.
any disease caused by overcrowding.
Origin:
1855–60; < Gk óchlēsis disturbance, distress, equiv. to óchlē, var. s. of ochleîn to disturb + -sis -sis

Related forms:
och⋅le⋅sit⋅ic  [ok-luh-sit-ik] , och⋅let⋅ic  [ok-let-ik] , adjective
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