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miasma
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/maɪˈæzmə/
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/maɪˈæzmə/
miasmas
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Übersetzungen
The miasma from the swamp made it difficult to breathe.
Le miasme du marais rendait la respiration difficile.
Definitionen
The miasma from the swamp made it difficult to breathe.
The miasma of fear hung over the city during the crisis.
Before germ theory, physicians attributed cholera outbreaks to a poisonous miasma emitted from sewers.
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Used attributively in phrases such as "miasma theory" to describe something relating to or characterized by a miasma.
Übersetzungen
The miasma theory posited that epidemics arose from foul air rather than germs.
La théorie miasmatique postulait que les épidémies naissaient d’un air vicié plutôt que des germes.
Definitionen
The miasma theory posited that epidemics arose from foul air rather than germs.