1) Air around a fen 2) Ambiance 3) Ambience 4) An unwholesome atmosphere 5) Atmosphere 6) Atmosphere where mama is 7) Bad atmosphere 8) Corrupting atmosphere 9) Corrupting influence 10) Corruptive atmosphere 11) Effluvium 12) Emanation from stagnation 13) Foreboding atmosphere 14) Foul atmosphere 15) Foul vapor
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1) Haze 2) Mist
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- an unwholesome atmosphere
- unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
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noxious, air-carried germs. In the first half of the nineteenth century it was widely held that diseases like cholera were transferred miasmically. It was only when proved that these diseases were water-born, and proper elimination of sewage was constructed, that these diseases were conquered (see Dickens' London
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[Greek mythology] In Greek mythology, a miasma is `a contagious power ... that has an independent life of its own. Until purged by the sacrificial death of the wrongdoer, society would be chronically infected by catastrophe.` An example is Atreus who invited his brother Thyestes to a delicious stew containing the bodies of his own sons. A m...
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foul vapours from rotting matter; unwholesome air
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• (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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(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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Literally referring to a stench or bad smell, the Greek term also metaphorically indicates a sort of
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Poisonous vapours thought to infect the air and cause disease
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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: 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 is another name for malaria
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poisonous vapours (bad smells) that were believed to spread infection
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n] - an unwholesome atmosphere 2. [n] - unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
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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 poison...
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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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unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
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[Smelly words] unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources
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