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miasma
UK
/maɪˈæzmə/
US
/maɪˈæzmə/
Translations
miasmas
pl
UK
/maɪˈæzmə/
US
/maɪˈæzmə/
The miasma from the swamp made it difficult to breathe.
Le miasme du marais rendait la respiration difficile.
UK
/maɪˈæzmə/
US
/maɪˈæzmə/
Used attributively in phrases such as "miasma theory" to describe something relating to or characterized by a miasma.
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.
Definitions
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.
The miasma theory posited that epidemics arose from foul air rather than germs.