Etymology

ochlesis

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Today it means: Crowd-poisoning; a disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄχλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄχλος“multitude, crowd”
  2. English todayochlesis

From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + -esis.

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