Definition of miasmas Miasmas
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What does miasmas mean?
Wiktionary 
- miasmas (Noun)
Plural of miasma.
Part of speech
🔤- miasmas, noun, plural of miasma.
WordNet
NounPlural: miasmas |
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| miasma - unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke" | ||
| miasm | ||
| air pollution pollution of the atmosphere; "air pollution reduced the visibility" | ||
| miasma - an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay" | ||
| miasm | ||
| ambiance, ambience, atmosphere the atmosphere of an environment | ||
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Wiktionary
- miasma (Noun)
A noxious atmosphere or influence. - miasma (Noun)
A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste to cause disease.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- miasma (n.)
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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miasma
An impure effluvium in the air--proceeding from marshes or moist ground acted upon by solar heat--by which malaria fevers, particularly intermittents, are produced.
