Look up: miasma

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   miasma
   [n] - an unwholesome atmosphere 2. [n] - unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
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   Miasma
   Poisonous vapours thought to infect the air and cause disease
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   Miasma
   poisonous vapours (bad smells) that were believed to spread infection
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   Miasma
   Miasma: A poisonous vapor or mist believed to be made up of particles from decomposing material that could cause disease and could be identified by its foul smell. The miasma theory of disease originated in the Middle Ages and persisted for centuries. During the Great Plague of 1665, doctors wore masks filled with sweet-smelling flowers to keep out ...
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   Miasma
   Mi·as'ma noun ; plural Miasmata . [ New Latin , from Greek ... defilement, from ... to pollute.] Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
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   miasma
   miasm noun unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; `the miasma of the marshes`; `a miasma of cigar smoke`
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   Miasma
   `Miasma` may refer to: * Miasma theory of disease, bad air causing disease * Miasms in Homeopathy, a conception of the cause of chronic disease * `Miasma` (album), 2005 album by the melodic death metal/hardcore band The Black Dahlia Murder * Miasma (band), early 1990s Austrian death metal band * Miasma (InuYasha), fictional poisonous gas used by Naraku in the InuYasha manga/anime
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   Miasma
   • (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
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   miasma
   (from the article `Lister, Joseph, Baron Lister, Of Lyme Regis`) ...with the healing of wounds. Lister had already tried out methods to encourage clean healing and had formed theories to account for the prevalence ...
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    miasma
    miasma 1. Noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere. 2. A dangerous, foreboding or deathlike influence or atmosphere including a thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation. 3. A poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and to cause diseases. 4. A poisonous vap...
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    miasma
    
    1. an unwholesome atmosphere
    2. unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
    
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