Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a morbid condition induced by the crowding together of sick persons under one roof, or even of persons not suffering from disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.
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- noun medicine
Crowd-poisoning ; adisease occasioned or aggravated byovercrowding , especially due to lack ofventilation .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (okhlos, "multitude, crowd").
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Sickness resulting from overcrowded living conditions. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008