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Definition of Miasma
1. Noun. An unwholesome atmosphere. "The novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
2. Noun. Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources. "A miasma of cigar smoke"
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
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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