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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
madhouse/ˈmadhaʊs/

▶noun

1 historical an institution for the care of the mentally ill.
■ informal a psychiatric hospital.

2 informal a scene of great confusion or uproar.

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