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Definition of Miasmal
1. Adjective. Filled with vapor. "A vaporous bog"
Similar to: Cloudy
Derivative terms: Miasma, Miasma, Vapor
Definition of Miasmal
1. a. Containing miasma; miasmatic.
Definition of Miasmal
1. Adjective. Having a noxious atmosphere ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miasmal
1. miasma [adj] - See also: miasma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miasmal
Literary usage of Miasmal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"miasmal Fever. AFTER returning from Norfolk Island, we remained in Sydney nearly
fifteen weeks. In the course of this time, at the request of the Governor, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Containing miasma; miasmatic: as. miasmal swamps. mezzotint (mez'ô- or ....
miasmal; miasmatic. The maremma, where swamps and woods cover cities »nd Melds, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"Be this, however, as it may, certain it is, that the yellow fever, though of
miasmal origin, is not the offspring of the effluvia or ordinary marshes, ..."
4. Pneumonia: Its Supposed Connection, Pathological and Etiological, with by René La Roche (1854)
"If sporadic cases of pulmonic inflammation can and do arise from the operation
of causes totally unconnected with the existence and evolution of miasmal ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1816)
"... which the noxious miasmal exhalations acquire from the action of excessive
solar heat. * In the higher Thus much for the disputed doctrine of contagion. ..."
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