MIASMA
\ma͡ɪˈazmə], \maɪˈazmə], \m_aɪ__ˈa_z_m_ə]\
Definitions of MIASMA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
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unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
By Princeton University
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an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
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unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
By Oddity Software
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Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
By Noah Webster.
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Infectious germs or disease-producing matter in the air; air made poisonous by germs or material liable to cause disease; malaria.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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The word miasm has, by some, been employed sysnonymously with contagion. It is now used more definitely for any emanation, either from the bodies of the sick, or from animal and vegetable substances, or from the earth, especially in marshy districts, which may exert a morbid influence on those who are exposed to its action. To these terrestrial emanations- the Kaino-miasmata of Dr. E. Miller, of New York- the Italians give the name aria caltiva, but, more commonly, malaria ("bad air"); a word which has been adopted into other languages. The deleterious effluvia, originating from the decompotion of matter derived from the human body, have been called by Dr. Miller. Of the miasms which arise either from the animal body or from the most unhealthy situation, we know, chemically, nothing. All that we do know is, that, under such circumstances, emanations take place, capable of causing disease in many of those who are exposed to their action.
By Robley Dunglison
