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单词 ochlesis
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ochlesisn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὄχλησις.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄχλησις disturbance < ὀχλεῖν to move, disturb ( < ὄχλος crowd, mob, multitude, annoyance, trouble: see ochlocracy n.) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare ochletic adj. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫklī·sis) /ɒˈkliːsɪs/.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare.
G. Gregory's name for: disease attributed to overcrowding, esp. in a hospital.
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ochlesis1848
1848 G. Gregory in London Med. Gaz. 7 73/1 Evils..result from the vast accumulation of sick persons under one roof. The author designates the general condition of disease produced under these circumstances by the term ‘ochlesis’.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Ochlesis,..term for a general condition of disease produced by the accumulation of a vast number of sick persons under one roof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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