EFFLUVIUM
\ɛflˈuːvi͡əm], \ɛflˈuːviəm], \ɛ_f_l_ˈuː_v_iə_m]\
Definitions of EFFLUVIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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Minute particles that flow out from bodies: disagreeable vapors rising from decaying matter.
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EFFLUVIAL.
By Daniel Lyons
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Exhalation; odor, esp. Offensive.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Pl. effluvia. An exhalation affecting the sense of smell. In modern use a noxious or disgusting odor. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Subtle or invisible emanation or exhalation; especially, noxious exhalation from diseased bodies or putrefying animal or vegetable substances; miasma.
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