Miasma \Mi*as"ma\, n.; pl. Miasmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
defilement, fr. ? to pollute.]
Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made
noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious
effluvia; malaria.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
miasma
n 1: an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death
and decay"
2: unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources;
"the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
[also: miasmata (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "miasma":
BO, afterdamp, bad breath, bad smell, blackdamp, body odor, breath,
chokedamp, cloud, coal gas, damp, effluvium, exhalation, exhaust,
exhaust gas, fetid air, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, firedamp,
flatus, fluid, foul breath, foul odor, frowst, fume, graveolence,
halitosis, malaria, malodor, mephitis, nidor, noxious stench,
offensive odor, puff of smoke, reek, reeking, rotten smell, smoke,
smudge, steam, stench, stench of decay, stink, vapor, volatile,
water vapor
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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(mi·as·ma) (mi-az´mə) [Gr. “defilement, pollution”] a supposed noxious emanation from the soil or earth, alleged to be the cause of ...
http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_m_14zPzhtm
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poisonous or toxic atmosphere
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/4220/poevocab.html
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Smells from decomposing material that were believed to cause disease
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/history/medhist/page45_glossary.html
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pollution, defilement (esp. by murder or other crime), the taint of guilt
http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/arch528/fall2001/lecture5/greek-terms.htm
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noun; poetic/literary; a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor
http://www.marialanger.com/2006/05/07/vocabulary-words/
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Toxic discharge, sometimes resembling fog.
http://www.stuffintheair.com/Blowin_in_the_Wind-FogWeather.html
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an unwholesome atmosphere; "the novel spun a miasma of death and decay"
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Miasma were a cult death metal band from Austria, founded in 1990. The band only released one album, and subsequently, one EP. Changes was remastered and re-released by Napalm Records in 2001 packaged with the Love Songs EP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma (band)
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Miasma is an album by the Melodic death metal/Metalcore band The Black Dahlia Murder. Released by Metal Blade on July 12, 2005, Miasma is the first and now apparently only album to feature drummer Zach Gibson, who replaced founding member and drummer, Cory Grady, due to personal issues (Gibson ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma (album)
dark miasma, miasma theory of disease, miasmata (pl), Search the Web
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