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crowd-poisoning

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A morbid state induced by the inhalation of waste products given off by the breath and skin of a number of persons confined in an unventilated space; ochlesis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine A disease occasioned or aggravated by overcrowding, especially due to lack of ventilation.

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