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miasma

/maɪˈæzmə/

Translations

miasmanoun

miasmas

/maɪˈæzmə/

The swamp was filled with a foul miasma that made it hard to breathe.

Болото было наполнено зловонными миазмами, из-за которых было трудно дышать.

Synonyms

miasmaadjective

/maɪˈæzmə/

Used attributively in phrases such as "miasma theory" to describe something relating to or characterized by a miasma.

miasmanoun

A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor.

The miasma from the swamp made it difficult to breathe.

An oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere that surrounds or emanates from something.

The miasma of fear hung over the city during the crisis.

Historical Medicine: a noxious form of ‘bad air’ formerly believed to cause disease.

Before germ theory, physicians attributed cholera outbreaks to a poisonous miasma emitted from sewers.

miasmaadjective

Relating to or caused by a miasma; characterized by an oppressive or unhealthy atmosphere.

The miasma theory posited that epidemics arose from foul air rather than germs.