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ochlesises

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och⋅le⋅sis

[ok-lee-sis]
–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


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