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mass sociogenic illness

mass so·ci·o·gen·ic ill·ness [ màsssōsee ō jènnikílnəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
psychiatry anxiety and panic among many people simultaneously: a situation in which large numbers of people who, as a group, develop symptoms of physical illness as a result of intense perceived danger

[Early 21st century]
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