Definition of Miasma

1. Noun. An unwholesome atmosphere. "The novel spun a miasma of death and decay"

Exact synonyms: Miasm
Generic synonyms: Ambiance, Ambience, Atmosphere
Derivative terms: Miasmic

2. Noun. Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources. "A miasma of cigar smoke"
Exact synonyms: Miasm
Generic synonyms: Air Pollution
Derivative terms: Miasmal, Miasmic

Definition of Miasma

1. n. Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.

Definition of Miasma

1. Noun. A noxious atmosphere or influence. ¹

2. Noun. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste to cause disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Miasma

1. a noxious vapor [n -MAS or -MATA] : MIASMAL, MIASMIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miasma

miaou
miaoued
miaouing
miaous
miaow
miaowed
miaower
miaowers
miaowing
miaows
miaphysite
miargyrite
miarolitic
miascite
miasm
miasma (current term)
miasma theory
miasmal
miasmaler
miasmalest
miasmalike
miasmas
miasmata
miasmatic
miasmatical
miasmatist
miasmatists
miasmic
miasmically
miasmology

Literary usage of Miasma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Analytical Compendium of the Various Branches of Medical Science: For the by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1861)
"Intermittent, remittent, and pernicious, because they all depend upon an identical cause, miasma. The term miasma signifies exhalation. ..."

2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1826)
"miasma OF THE MARSHES CONTIGUOUS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN.* A MARSHY strand extends along the Mediterranean, between the rivers Serchio and ..."

3. The Life and Labours of Albany Fonblanque by Albany William Fonblanque, Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (1874)
"Are dirt and miasma any remedies for monopoly ? Have dirt and miasma any tendency to free-trade ?—(1844.) ' WHY will you rob me ? ..."

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